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[BREAKING] JUDGE SULLIVAN: DOJ LIKELY VIOLATED TRANSPARENCY ACT — ORDERS UNREDACTION BY JUL 2 (JUN 25) — Preliminary injunction in journalist Katie Phang’s suit v. Acting AG Blanche (D.D.C.). DOJ must unredact or justify: 8 email chains incl. “torture video” emails (“I loved the torture video” — Epstein, Apr 2009), draft-indictment co-conspirator names, 2019 co-conspirator email, FBI interview notes, full redaction log. Sullivan: Blanche “conceded Ms. Phang’s merits arguments.” Stay denied; DOJ will appeal “with confidence.” | LEON BLACK WALKS OUT OF OVERSIGHT INTERVIEW, HIT WITH TWO SUBPOENAS JUN 26 — refused all NDA questions after <1 hour; Comer subpoenas all NDAs + Jul 16 videotaped deposition under oath. Black: “I knew Jekyll. I didn’t know Hyde”; confirms $158M paid 2012–17; names Musk, Brin & Thiel in Epstein’s network. Estrich: “premeditated political decision.” | BAND WALKS BACK CLINTON ISLAND CLAIM JUN 30 — Clinton’s ex-aide (17th witness, ~4 hrs) recants 2020 Vanity Fair claim that Clinton visited Little St. James; “I do not recall” on most answers. Mace: “worst witness we’ve ever had” — asks Comer to subpoena him. Comer: final report by year’s end. | STARMER RESIGNS AS LABOUR LEADER JUN 22 — Mandelson-Epstein scandal among decisive blows; stays caretaker PM. Burnham announces candidacy same day — only declared candidate; nominations Jul 9–16; unopposed = PM ~Jul 17. | FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO CLASS ACTION JUN 24 — SDNY survivor suit (Boies): Epstein’s “longest banking partner,” 30+ accounts 1998–2020, Treasury doc shows 4,725 wires totaling $1.08B, first SAR two weeks AFTER 2019 arrest. 5th Epstein bank case. First BanCorp: “categorically deny.” | BUFFETT PAUSES GATES FOUNDATION DONATION JUN 30 — first skipped midyear gift in 20 years ($43B+ since 2006), pending WilmerHale Epstein review due this summer (WSJ). | WHITEHOUSE REVEALS MAY 6 BOP POLICY CHANGE JUN 23 — “Change Notice 3” lets the AG personally “designate or redesignate” any prisoner’s placement; renews Maxwell-transfer document demand (deadline Jul 10): transfer “has the appearance of a political favor orchestrated by Acting Attorney General Blanche.” | HABERMAN/SWAN ‘REGIME CHANGE’ PUBLISHED JUN 23 — Situation Room Epstein damage-control meetings without Trump; Vance pushed releasing everything & floated Tucker Carlson–Maxwell prison interview (Jul 17, 2025); Trump called Murdoch & WSJ editor Emma Tucker to kill birthday-letter story. | DOJ FILES: FERGUSON VISITED EPSTEIN DURING JAIL WORK RELEASE JUN 27 — twice (Apr & May 2009) at his fake “Florida Science Foundation” office; Apr 4, 2009 email: “any chance… I can get to have a quick cup of tea… Love Sarah The red Head.!!” | GATES & GROFF TRANSCRIPTS RELEASED JUN 23 — House Oversight publishes Bill Gates (interviewed Jun 10) & Lesley Groff (Jun 9) transcripts. Gates calls meeting Epstein a “grave error in judgment”; “I should never have met with Epstein in the first place”; says he never witnessed crimes, never went to the island, ranch, or Florida home; emails show Epstein was “rehearsing how either he or… someone else might choose to blackmail me” over affairs — “I was not blackmailed.” Groff: “For 18 years, I worked for Dr. Jekyll, but was never permitted to see the true Mr. Hyde”; says she connected Epstein and Trump by phone multiple times over 10 years. | SC GOP GOVERNOR RUNOFF JUN 23 — AG Alan Wilson defeats Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette (~66%–34%); AP called it 26 minutes after polls closed. EFTA discharge-petition signer Rep. Nancy Mace was eliminated in the Jun 9 first round (Evette 28.9% / Wilson 26.1%). Trump co-endorsed Wilson for the runoff; Mace and Ralph Norman backed Wilson. | BLANCHE AG CONFIRMATION HEARINGS SET FOR JUL 15–16 — Senate Judiciary (Chair Grassley, announced Jun 16): Blanche testifies day one, expert panel day two; could advance before August recess. GOP holdouts: Tillis (weaponization fund must be “effectively dead”), Cornyn undecided until after hearings. American Oversight FOIA suit (Jun 23) seeks his Epstein/Maxwell-transfer records by Jul 14; Whitehouse (Jun 30): “Todd Blanche is at the center of the rot.” | BONDI ~4-HOUR CLOSED-DOOR HOUSE OVERSIGHT INTERVIEW MAY 29 — admits “redaction errors,” deflects to Blanche, refuses all Trump questions. DOJ counsel Dhillon & Guynn block Trump-related questions. Frost (D-FL): “cover up in broad daylight... Chair Comer is 100% a part of the cover-up now.” Stansbury: “largest cover-up likely in American history.” Chair Comer: “the government has failed the survivors.” Dems eye Blanche subpoena next. | TRUMP REFILES $10B WSJ DEFAMATION SUIT MAY 28 — S.D. Fla. (Miami). Names Murdoch personally, News Corp CEO Robert Thomson, WSJ reporters Khadeeja Safdar & Joseph Palazzolo. Alleges Murdoch told Trump “I will handle it” on July 15, 2025 call. Refiled by court-set May 27 deadline after Judge Gayles dismissed original Apr 13. | CNN MOUNT SINAI INVESTIGATION MAY 26 — DOJ files show Mount Sinai gave Epstein VIP medical treatment post-2008 conviction. Dr. Jess Ting house calls + visit to Little Saint James; 2013 email: “The patient is a VIP and we need to make this happen.” 2014: “for Mr Epstein anything is possible.” Robin Solomon gave Andersson-Dubin 24/7 ER access. $300K+ donations incl. $125K to Dubin Breast Center. | TRUMP ENDORSES EVETTE OVER MACE MAY 29 — SC governor primary (Jun 9). Fourth Epstein-vote Republican Trump has targeted (after Massie KY-04 loss). Mace: “I know I put the likelihood of an endorsement on the line when I demanded transparency on the Epstein files.” Mace: “If this is the price of an endorsement, I will never pay it.” | BLOOMBERG MAY 28 — BofA/Merrill wealth adviser Paul V. Morris (ex-JPMorgan, ex-Deutsche Bank) courted Epstein for years after 2008 conviction. In 2017 reached out re: borrowing money for yachts/artworks; messages still reaching Epstein’s inbox in 2019 before death. Deposed in 2023 victim suits. | JES STALEY AGREES TO JULY 23 OVERSIGHT INTERVIEW MAY 31 — former Barclays CEO, former head of JPMorgan private wealth. Resigned Barclays 2021 after FCA probe of Epstein-relationship characterization. Voluntary, transcribed. Requested by Chair Comer May 11. | AP FEATURE MAY 30 — after ~1 yr of probes, depositions of Clintons/Lutnick/Bondi, no new criminal cases against Epstein associates. Khanna: “Why has there not been a single investigation?” Stansbury: “A prince has been taken down and here... DOJ... is refusing to act. That is not a failure, that is a choice.” | WEST PALM BEACH FIELD HEARING MAY 12 — House Oversight Dems convene survivors at City Hall near Mar-a-Lago. Roza (1st-time): “While the rich & powerful remained protected by redaction, my name was exposed to the world.” Maria Farmer (video, in hospital fighting cancer): “Where is my full report?” Courtney Wild, Jena-Lisa Jones, Dani Bensky, Sky & Amanda Roberts testify. Garcia: “launching a new phase”; report ‘The Price of Non-Prosecution’ released. | TRUMP–EPSTEIN MEMORIAL READING ROOM OPENS TRIBECA MAY 8 — Institute for Primary Facts (501(c)(3)) installs all 3.5M DOJ-released pages, bound into 3,437 numbered volumes, 17,000 lbs, two-story gallery. Runs May 8–21 by RSVP; survivors, counsel, law enforcement, press & Congress only may read volumes. | CNN EXCLUSIVE MAY 7 — inmates at FPC Bryan, TX moved to Houston detention for speaking to reporters about Maxwell; warden “public comments would not be tolerated.” Sen. Whitehouse demands transfer records. | JUDGE KARAS UNSEALS PURPORTED EPSTEIN ‘SUICIDE NOTE’ MAY 6 — SDNY White Plains; Tartaglione cellmate case docket. Verbatim: “They investigated me for month — found NOTHING!!! It is a treat to be able to choose the time to say goodbye… NO FUN. NOT WORTH IT!!” (underlined). DOJ: “seeing it for the first time.” | LUTNICK HOUSE OVERSIGHT TRANSCRIBED INTERVIEW MAY 6 — closed, not under oath. Chair Comer ahead of hearing: Lutnick “not 100 percent truthful” about Epstein ties; after, “forthcoming.” Dems led by Ranking Member Garcia demand resignation. | CNN: BLAINE & COPPERFIELD IN EPSTEIN FILES APR 27 — CNN matches David Blaine’s 2013 ABC goldfish stunt to interior of Epstein’s Manhattan home; 2012–2016 correspondence. Copperfield in photos with Maxwell on Little Saint James. Neither accused of crime. | TRUMP ‘60 MINUTES’ ERUPTION APR 26 — Norah O’Donnell reads WHCD shooter Cole Tomas Allen’s manifesto (“pedophile, rapist, traitor”); Trump: “I’m not a pedophile… I was totally exonerated. Your friends on the other side of the plate are the ones that were involved with, let’s say, Epstein.” | GIUFFRE BUTTERFLY VIGIL ON NATIONAL MALL APR 25 — one year since Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s death. Rep. Raskin (D-MD): survivors are “a movement of engaged citizens leading the country… in an irreversible reckoning.” Brother Sky Roberts: “We will not stop.” | LUNA SHUTS DOWN MAXWELL PARDON APR 24 — on NewsNation/Cuomo: “She’s not getting a pardon. The votes aren’t there for that.” | ONLY 6 OF 25 GOP OVERSIGHT MEMBERS PUBLICLY OPPOSE MAXWELL PARDON APR 24 — Sessions, Timmons, Langworthy, Mace, Higgins, Luna. Per Politico canvass. | SURVIVORS’ COUNSEL JAMES MARSH ON CNN APR 24 — calls Republican pardon talk “insulting, stupid.” | MAXWELL FILES AMENDED HABEAS PETITION VIA FEDEX USB APR 22 — SDNY U.S. Atty Jay Clayton tells Judge Engelmayer arguments are “duplicative” and “meritless”; seeks deadline extension to Jun 5. | TRUMP TRUTH SOCIAL ON MANDELSON APR 21 — “I agree, he was a really bad pick. Plenty of time to recover, however!” Backs Starmer’s “wrong judgement” admission. | DOJ INSPECTOR GENERAL LAUNCHES EPSTEIN FILES TRANSPARENCY ACT AUDIT APR 23 — Deputy IG Blier: will “evaluate the DOJ’s processes for identifying, redacting, and releasing records in its possession as required by the Act.” | CNN INVESTIGATION APR 22 — 12+ FBI victim interviews name “more than a half dozen other men, including Wall Street executives, a former senator, a wealthy psychiatrist and a film producer.” FBI Director Patel: “no credible information.” | KRISHNAMOORTHI LETTER TO BLANCHE APR 22 — “disgust at DOJ’s reported willingness to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell.” Demands DOJ “immediately reopen and fully resource” Epstein investigation. | HOUSE OVERSIGHT SPLIT ON MAXWELL PARDON APR 22 — Comer tells Politico committee divided; personally opposes. Garcia: “Oversight Democrats are united in opposing any pardon.” | LUTNICK DODGES EPSTEIN QUESTIONS APR 22 — Senate Appropriations. Van Hollen (D-MD) presses on unanswered Van Hollen/Merkley letter. Lutnick: “in less than two weeks” will answer. | STARMER ADMITS MANDELSON MISTAKE APR 20 — “I should not have appointed Peter Mandelson.” Robbins sacked from Foreign Office; testifies “atmosphere of pressure” from No. 10. | BONDI DEFIES SUBPOENA APR 14 — Oversight Democrats announce contempt move. Rep. Crockett: “defying our lawful subpoena.” Comer uncommitted on vote. | GATES FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES EXTERNAL EPSTEIN REVIEW APR 21 — commissioned March by CEO Mark Suzman; 20% staff cut by 2030 (foundation says unlinked). | WARSH FED HEARING APR 21 — Warren presses on Epstein-linked investments. Warsh named in 2 DOJ-released emails (“St. Barth's Christmas 2010”, Astor dinner list). No accusations of wrongdoing. | UN RIGHTS EXPERTS DEMAND PROBE APR 16 — Mullally + Working Group: “gravely concerned by credible allegations of systemic trafficking.” | DOJ RELEASES 1,000+ NEW PAGES MAR 5 — includes FBI interviews alleging Trump sexually assaulted minor. 15 docs “incorrectly coded as duplicative.” 37 pages still missing. | BONDI SUBPOENA ISSUED MAR 17 — deposition set Apr 14. DOJ: “completely unnecessary.” Blanche: “no evidence” to prosecute. Bondi/Blanche brief Congress Mar 18. | GATES, BLACK, RUEMMLER CALLED TO TESTIFY — 7 individuals agree to House Oversight interviews. Gates: May 19. Black: May 13. | SENATE REPUBLICANS BLOCK EPSTEIN TREASURY RECORDS ACT — $1.5B+ in suspicious transactions at stake. Sen. Wyden: “What are they hiding?” | NORWAY ESTABLISHES INDEPENDENT EPSTEIN COMMISSION — Storting votes to investigate aid funding and foreign service oversight back to 1993 | PRINCE ANDREW RELEASED UNDER INVESTIGATION — Met Police Commissioner Rowley in Washington pressing for unredacted files. CPS reviewing charges. Max sentence: life. | MANDELSON ARRESTED & RELEASED UNDER INVESTIGATION — suspected of passing confidential government information to Epstein in 2009. Bail lifted Mar 7. | DOJ FILES EFFECTIVELY TAKEN OFFLINE — All direct PDF links return 404. Archive mirrors only. | SECRET DEA “CHAIN REACTION” PROBE REVEALED — 2010 drug trafficking & money laundering investigation targeting Epstein + 14 associates. DEA MISSED Mar 13 deadline — no response to Wyden. | UN/OHCHR: EPSTEIN ABUSES MAY CONSTITUTE "CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY" — experts demand statutes of limitations be lifted | MAXWELL SUES TO BLOCK 90,000 PAGES — calls Epstein Files Transparency Act unconstitutional. Ruling pending. | $35M class action settlement wins preliminary approval Mar 3 — final hearing Sep 16, 2026 | 877,756 DOJ PDFs OCR-processed — 1,063 entities matched across 81,006 document links | International investigations: 11+ probes across 10+ countries — Turkey, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, France, Norway, EU/OLAF | FBI ORDERED NYPD TO "STAND DOWN" ON EPSTEIN — declassified docs show SVU investigation halted 5 days after 2019 arrest | Wexner deposition: ~$1B financial pipeline to Epstein, 1993 warning ignored | MAXWELL PLEADS FIFTH — offers to cooperate for Trump clemency | NM AG reopens Zorro Ranch criminal probe — NM House establishes truth commission (chair Rep. Andrea Romero); survivor Rachel Benavidez speaks publicly Apr 20. | SUMMERS ANNOUNCES FULL HARVARD RETIREMENT — relinquishing University Professorship, Harvard's highest faculty distinction | NOBEL LAUREATE AXEL RESIGNS COLUMBIA + HHMI — 50-year professor calls Epstein ties 'serious error in judgment' | NEXT: DOJ unredaction deadline Jul 2 (Phang v. Blanche) | Whitehouse BOP-docs deadline Jul 10 | Blanche AG hearings + Ruemmler Oversight Jul 15–16 | Black deposition Jul 16 | NM subpoena deadline (SC U.S. Atty) Jul 17 | Dershowitz Oversight Jul 20 | Staley Oversight Jul 23 | NM truth-commission interim report Jul 31 | BofA $72.5M final approval Aug 27 | Estate class-action final hearing Sep 16 → [BREAKING] JUDGE SULLIVAN: DOJ LIKELY VIOLATED TRANSPARENCY ACT — ORDERS UNREDACTION BY JUL 2 (JUN 25) — Preliminary injunction in journalist Katie Phang’s suit v. Acting AG Blanche (D.D.C.). DOJ must unredact or justify: 8 email chains incl. “torture video” emails (“I loved the torture video” — Epstein, Apr 2009), draft-indictment co-conspirator names, 2019 co-conspirator email, FBI interview notes, full redaction log. Sullivan: Blanche “conceded Ms. Phang’s merits arguments.” Stay denied; DOJ will appeal “with confidence.” | LEON BLACK WALKS OUT OF OVERSIGHT INTERVIEW, HIT WITH TWO SUBPOENAS JUN 26 — refused all NDA questions after <1 hour; Comer subpoenas all NDAs + Jul 16 videotaped deposition under oath. Black: “I knew Jekyll. I didn’t know Hyde”; confirms $158M paid 2012–17; names Musk, Brin & Thiel in Epstein’s network. Estrich: “premeditated political decision.” | BAND WALKS BACK CLINTON ISLAND CLAIM JUN 30 — Clinton’s ex-aide (17th witness, ~4 hrs) recants 2020 Vanity Fair claim that Clinton visited Little St. James; “I do not recall” on most answers. Mace: “worst witness we’ve ever had” — asks Comer to subpoena him. Comer: final report by year’s end. | STARMER RESIGNS AS LABOUR LEADER JUN 22 — Mandelson-Epstein scandal among decisive blows; stays caretaker PM. Burnham announces candidacy same day — only declared candidate; nominations Jul 9–16; unopposed = PM ~Jul 17. | FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO CLASS ACTION JUN 24 — SDNY survivor suit (Boies): Epstein’s “longest banking partner,” 30+ accounts 1998–2020, Treasury doc shows 4,725 wires totaling $1.08B, first SAR two weeks AFTER 2019 arrest. 5th Epstein bank case. First BanCorp: “categorically deny.” | BUFFETT PAUSES GATES FOUNDATION DONATION JUN 30 — first skipped midyear gift in 20 years ($43B+ since 2006), pending WilmerHale Epstein review due this summer (WSJ). | WHITEHOUSE REVEALS MAY 6 BOP POLICY CHANGE JUN 23 — “Change Notice 3” lets the AG personally “designate or redesignate” any prisoner’s placement; renews Maxwell-transfer document demand (deadline Jul 10): transfer “has the appearance of a political favor orchestrated by Acting Attorney General Blanche.” | HABERMAN/SWAN ‘REGIME CHANGE’ PUBLISHED JUN 23 — Situation Room Epstein damage-control meetings without Trump; Vance pushed releasing everything & floated Tucker Carlson–Maxwell prison interview (Jul 17, 2025); Trump called Murdoch & WSJ editor Emma Tucker to kill birthday-letter story. | DOJ FILES: FERGUSON VISITED EPSTEIN DURING JAIL WORK RELEASE JUN 27 — twice (Apr & May 2009) at his fake “Florida Science Foundation” office; Apr 4, 2009 email: “any chance… I can get to have a quick cup of tea… Love Sarah The red Head.!!” | GATES & GROFF TRANSCRIPTS RELEASED JUN 23 — House Oversight publishes Bill Gates (interviewed Jun 10) & Lesley Groff (Jun 9) transcripts. Gates calls meeting Epstein a “grave error in judgment”; “I should never have met with Epstein in the first place”; says he never witnessed crimes, never went to the island, ranch, or Florida home; emails show Epstein was “rehearsing how either he or… someone else might choose to blackmail me” over affairs — “I was not blackmailed.” Groff: “For 18 years, I worked for Dr. Jekyll, but was never permitted to see the true Mr. Hyde”; says she connected Epstein and Trump by phone multiple times over 10 years. | SC GOP GOVERNOR RUNOFF JUN 23 — AG Alan Wilson defeats Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette (~66%–34%); AP called it 26 minutes after polls closed. EFTA discharge-petition signer Rep. Nancy Mace was eliminated in the Jun 9 first round (Evette 28.9% / Wilson 26.1%). Trump co-endorsed Wilson for the runoff; Mace and Ralph Norman backed Wilson. | BLANCHE AG CONFIRMATION HEARINGS SET FOR JUL 15–16 — Senate Judiciary (Chair Grassley, announced Jun 16): Blanche testifies day one, expert panel day two; could advance before August recess. GOP holdouts: Tillis (weaponization fund must be “effectively dead”), Cornyn undecided until after hearings. American Oversight FOIA suit (Jun 23) seeks his Epstein/Maxwell-transfer records by Jul 14; Whitehouse (Jun 30): “Todd Blanche is at the center of the rot.” | BONDI ~4-HOUR CLOSED-DOOR HOUSE OVERSIGHT INTERVIEW MAY 29 — admits “redaction errors,” deflects to Blanche, refuses all Trump questions. DOJ counsel Dhillon & Guynn block Trump-related questions. Frost (D-FL): “cover up in broad daylight... Chair Comer is 100% a part of the cover-up now.” Stansbury: “largest cover-up likely in American history.” Chair Comer: “the government has failed the survivors.” Dems eye Blanche subpoena next. | TRUMP REFILES $10B WSJ DEFAMATION SUIT MAY 28 — S.D. Fla. (Miami). Names Murdoch personally, News Corp CEO Robert Thomson, WSJ reporters Khadeeja Safdar & Joseph Palazzolo. Alleges Murdoch told Trump “I will handle it” on July 15, 2025 call. Refiled by court-set May 27 deadline after Judge Gayles dismissed original Apr 13. | CNN MOUNT SINAI INVESTIGATION MAY 26 — DOJ files show Mount Sinai gave Epstein VIP medical treatment post-2008 conviction. Dr. Jess Ting house calls + visit to Little Saint James; 2013 email: “The patient is a VIP and we need to make this happen.” 2014: “for Mr Epstein anything is possible.” Robin Solomon gave Andersson-Dubin 24/7 ER access. $300K+ donations incl. $125K to Dubin Breast Center. | TRUMP ENDORSES EVETTE OVER MACE MAY 29 — SC governor primary (Jun 9). Fourth Epstein-vote Republican Trump has targeted (after Massie KY-04 loss). Mace: “I know I put the likelihood of an endorsement on the line when I demanded transparency on the Epstein files.” Mace: “If this is the price of an endorsement, I will never pay it.” | BLOOMBERG MAY 28 — BofA/Merrill wealth adviser Paul V. Morris (ex-JPMorgan, ex-Deutsche Bank) courted Epstein for years after 2008 conviction. In 2017 reached out re: borrowing money for yachts/artworks; messages still reaching Epstein’s inbox in 2019 before death. Deposed in 2023 victim suits. | JES STALEY AGREES TO JULY 23 OVERSIGHT INTERVIEW MAY 31 — former Barclays CEO, former head of JPMorgan private wealth. Resigned Barclays 2021 after FCA probe of Epstein-relationship characterization. Voluntary, transcribed. Requested by Chair Comer May 11. | AP FEATURE MAY 30 — after ~1 yr of probes, depositions of Clintons/Lutnick/Bondi, no new criminal cases against Epstein associates. Khanna: “Why has there not been a single investigation?” Stansbury: “A prince has been taken down and here... DOJ... is refusing to act. That is not a failure, that is a choice.” | WEST PALM BEACH FIELD HEARING MAY 12 — House Oversight Dems convene survivors at City Hall near Mar-a-Lago. Roza (1st-time): “While the rich & powerful remained protected by redaction, my name was exposed to the world.” Maria Farmer (video, in hospital fighting cancer): “Where is my full report?” Courtney Wild, Jena-Lisa Jones, Dani Bensky, Sky & Amanda Roberts testify. Garcia: “launching a new phase”; report ‘The Price of Non-Prosecution’ released. | TRUMP–EPSTEIN MEMORIAL READING ROOM OPENS TRIBECA MAY 8 — Institute for Primary Facts (501(c)(3)) installs all 3.5M DOJ-released pages, bound into 3,437 numbered volumes, 17,000 lbs, two-story gallery. Runs May 8–21 by RSVP; survivors, counsel, law enforcement, press & Congress only may read volumes. | CNN EXCLUSIVE MAY 7 — inmates at FPC Bryan, TX moved to Houston detention for speaking to reporters about Maxwell; warden “public comments would not be tolerated.” Sen. Whitehouse demands transfer records. | JUDGE KARAS UNSEALS PURPORTED EPSTEIN ‘SUICIDE NOTE’ MAY 6 — SDNY White Plains; Tartaglione cellmate case docket. Verbatim: “They investigated me for month — found NOTHING!!! It is a treat to be able to choose the time to say goodbye… NO FUN. NOT WORTH IT!!” (underlined). DOJ: “seeing it for the first time.” | LUTNICK HOUSE OVERSIGHT TRANSCRIBED INTERVIEW MAY 6 — closed, not under oath. Chair Comer ahead of hearing: Lutnick “not 100 percent truthful” about Epstein ties; after, “forthcoming.” Dems led by Ranking Member Garcia demand resignation. | CNN: BLAINE & COPPERFIELD IN EPSTEIN FILES APR 27 — CNN matches David Blaine’s 2013 ABC goldfish stunt to interior of Epstein’s Manhattan home; 2012–2016 correspondence. Copperfield in photos with Maxwell on Little Saint James. Neither accused of crime. | TRUMP ‘60 MINUTES’ ERUPTION APR 26 — Norah O’Donnell reads WHCD shooter Cole Tomas Allen’s manifesto (“pedophile, rapist, traitor”); Trump: “I’m not a pedophile… I was totally exonerated. Your friends on the other side of the plate are the ones that were involved with, let’s say, Epstein.” | GIUFFRE BUTTERFLY VIGIL ON NATIONAL MALL APR 25 — one year since Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s death. Rep. Raskin (D-MD): survivors are “a movement of engaged citizens leading the country… in an irreversible reckoning.” Brother Sky Roberts: “We will not stop.” | LUNA SHUTS DOWN MAXWELL PARDON APR 24 — on NewsNation/Cuomo: “She’s not getting a pardon. The votes aren’t there for that.” | ONLY 6 OF 25 GOP OVERSIGHT MEMBERS PUBLICLY OPPOSE MAXWELL PARDON APR 24 — Sessions, Timmons, Langworthy, Mace, Higgins, Luna. Per Politico canvass. | SURVIVORS’ COUNSEL JAMES MARSH ON CNN APR 24 — calls Republican pardon talk “insulting, stupid.” | MAXWELL FILES AMENDED HABEAS PETITION VIA FEDEX USB APR 22 — SDNY U.S. Atty Jay Clayton tells Judge Engelmayer arguments are “duplicative” and “meritless”; seeks deadline extension to Jun 5. | TRUMP TRUTH SOCIAL ON MANDELSON APR 21 — “I agree, he was a really bad pick. Plenty of time to recover, however!” Backs Starmer’s “wrong judgement” admission. | DOJ INSPECTOR GENERAL LAUNCHES EPSTEIN FILES TRANSPARENCY ACT AUDIT APR 23 — Deputy IG Blier: will “evaluate the DOJ’s processes for identifying, redacting, and releasing records in its possession as required by the Act.” | CNN INVESTIGATION APR 22 — 12+ FBI victim interviews name “more than a half dozen other men, including Wall Street executives, a former senator, a wealthy psychiatrist and a film producer.” FBI Director Patel: “no credible information.” | KRISHNAMOORTHI LETTER TO BLANCHE APR 22 — “disgust at DOJ’s reported willingness to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell.” Demands DOJ “immediately reopen and fully resource” Epstein investigation. | HOUSE OVERSIGHT SPLIT ON MAXWELL PARDON APR 22 — Comer tells Politico committee divided; personally opposes. Garcia: “Oversight Democrats are united in opposing any pardon.” | LUTNICK DODGES EPSTEIN QUESTIONS APR 22 — Senate Appropriations. Van Hollen (D-MD) presses on unanswered Van Hollen/Merkley letter. Lutnick: “in less than two weeks” will answer. | STARMER ADMITS MANDELSON MISTAKE APR 20 — “I should not have appointed Peter Mandelson.” Robbins sacked from Foreign Office; testifies “atmosphere of pressure” from No. 10. | BONDI DEFIES SUBPOENA APR 14 — Oversight Democrats announce contempt move. Rep. Crockett: “defying our lawful subpoena.” Comer uncommitted on vote. | GATES FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES EXTERNAL EPSTEIN REVIEW APR 21 — commissioned March by CEO Mark Suzman; 20% staff cut by 2030 (foundation says unlinked). | WARSH FED HEARING APR 21 — Warren presses on Epstein-linked investments. Warsh named in 2 DOJ-released emails (“St. Barth's Christmas 2010”, Astor dinner list). No accusations of wrongdoing. | UN RIGHTS EXPERTS DEMAND PROBE APR 16 — Mullally + Working Group: “gravely concerned by credible allegations of systemic trafficking.” | DOJ RELEASES 1,000+ NEW PAGES MAR 5 — includes FBI interviews alleging Trump sexually assaulted minor. 15 docs “incorrectly coded as duplicative.” 37 pages still missing. | BONDI SUBPOENA ISSUED MAR 17 — deposition set Apr 14. DOJ: “completely unnecessary.” Blanche: “no evidence” to prosecute. Bondi/Blanche brief Congress Mar 18. | GATES, BLACK, RUEMMLER CALLED TO TESTIFY — 7 individuals agree to House Oversight interviews. Gates: May 19. Black: May 13. | SENATE REPUBLICANS BLOCK EPSTEIN TREASURY RECORDS ACT — $1.5B+ in suspicious transactions at stake. Sen. Wyden: “What are they hiding?” | NORWAY ESTABLISHES INDEPENDENT EPSTEIN COMMISSION — Storting votes to investigate aid funding and foreign service oversight back to 1993 | PRINCE ANDREW RELEASED UNDER INVESTIGATION — Met Police Commissioner Rowley in Washington pressing for unredacted files. CPS reviewing charges. Max sentence: life. | MANDELSON ARRESTED & RELEASED UNDER INVESTIGATION — suspected of passing confidential government information to Epstein in 2009. Bail lifted Mar 7. | DOJ FILES EFFECTIVELY TAKEN OFFLINE — All direct PDF links return 404. Archive mirrors only. | SECRET DEA “CHAIN REACTION” PROBE REVEALED — 2010 drug trafficking & money laundering investigation targeting Epstein + 14 associates. DEA MISSED Mar 13 deadline — no response to Wyden. | UN/OHCHR: EPSTEIN ABUSES MAY CONSTITUTE "CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY" — experts demand statutes of limitations be lifted | MAXWELL SUES TO BLOCK 90,000 PAGES — calls Epstein Files Transparency Act unconstitutional. Ruling pending. | $35M class action settlement wins preliminary approval Mar 3 — final hearing Sep 16, 2026 | 877,756 DOJ PDFs OCR-processed — 1,063 entities matched across 81,006 document links | International investigations: 11+ probes across 10+ countries — Turkey, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, France, Norway, EU/OLAF | FBI ORDERED NYPD TO "STAND DOWN" ON EPSTEIN — declassified docs show SVU investigation halted 5 days after 2019 arrest | Wexner deposition: ~$1B financial pipeline to Epstein, 1993 warning ignored | MAXWELL PLEADS FIFTH — offers to cooperate for Trump clemency | NM AG reopens Zorro Ranch criminal probe — NM House establishes truth commission (chair Rep. Andrea Romero); survivor Rachel Benavidez speaks publicly Apr 20. | SUMMERS ANNOUNCES FULL HARVARD RETIREMENT — relinquishing University Professorship, Harvard's highest faculty distinction | NOBEL LAUREATE AXEL RESIGNS COLUMBIA + HHMI — 50-year professor calls Epstein ties 'serious error in judgment' | NEXT: DOJ unredaction deadline Jul 2 (Phang v. Blanche) | Whitehouse BOP-docs deadline Jul 10 | Blanche AG hearings + Ruemmler Oversight Jul 15–16 | Black deposition Jul 16 | NM subpoena deadline (SC U.S. Atty) Jul 17 | Dershowitz Oversight Jul 20 | Staley Oversight Jul 23 | NM truth-commission interim report Jul 31 | BofA $72.5M final approval Aug 27 | Estate class-action final hearing Sep 16 →