Justice Department releases wave of Jeffrey Epstein docs, stops short of client list
The Justice Department released a new batch of Jeffrey Epstein files after Attorney General Pam Bondi said she was reviewing classified documents in the case – but it’s not the client list.
“This Department of Justice is following through on President Trump’s commitment to transparency and lifting the veil on the disgusting actions of Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement Thursday.
Many of the documents were already released during Ghislaine Maxwell’s federal criminal trial, which landed her in prison for decades. They include flight logs, an evidence list, a contact book and a redacted “masseuse list” believed to refer to Epstein’s victims. Many people named in the documents have never been accused of Epstein-related wrongdoing, however, some have, like Maxwell; Prince Andrew, who has denied allegations of wrongdoing; and Jean-Luc Brunel, a French modeling agent who like Epstein died in jail awaiting trial.
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The logs also show prominent Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre, known as Virginia Roberts at the time, flew with him to and from the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Epstein, 66, died in a jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal trafficking charges. His potential client list has long been an item of public interest, due to his many connections to billionaires, celebrities, academics and global leaders. It has not been released.
A federal court ordered thousands of pages of sealed records to be made public last year. They revealed nearly 200 names, many of which belonged to people who were not accused of crimes.
Many people named in a contact book dated 2003 to 2004 Thursday were also not accused of any crimes in connection with Epstein, including the actor Alec Baldwin, billionaire Richard Branson, and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg. Epstein also had entries for Rockstar Mick Jagger, Holocaust survivor and author Eli Wiesel, actors Ralph Fiennes and Dustin Hoffman, model Liz Hurley, Michael Jackson, numerous members of the Kennedy family and more.
He was known to socialize with prominent people and also met with them to discuss finance and philanthropy.
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Other numbers in the contact book included the London bar across the street from Maxwell’s luxe townhouse, the White House, and a Palm Beach business called “Creative Custom Swimwear.” He also had regional entries labeled, “Massage.”
He had landed a sweetheart plea deal in 2008 after paying a high school girl $300 for sex – 13 months in jail with work release during the day. Fallout from that move prompted Florida to pass a new law that allowed the court to release grand jury materials in the case, which are typically secret.
A group of 12 Epstein accusers also sued the FBI last year, alleging the bureau failed to properly investigate credible allegations that he led a “sex trafficking ring for the elite” as far back as the 1990s.
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The FBI previously said it does not comment on pending litigation.
Epstein, his former lover and now a convicted accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, and unnamed co-conspirators allegedly abused young women and underage girls between 1996 and his death in 2019, according to the lawsuit. Citing police documents, it alleges that Epstein recruited girls between 14 and 16 as well as students at Palm Beach Community College for “sex-tinged sessions.”
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In addition to Maxwell, another Epstein associate, French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, was also charged with sex trafficking. Like Epstein, he turned up dead in a jail cell.
Maxwell is appealing her conviction while serving a sentence at a federal prison in Tallahassee.
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She is due for release in the summer of 2037.
Mexico extradites cartel leaders and criminals to US, including notorious drug lord
Mexico has begun the process of extraditing dozens of high-level cartel leaders and members to the U.S., including Rafael Caro Quintero, a former leader of the Guadalajara cartel involved in the kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in 1985.
The founders of Los Zetas, Miguel and Omar Morales, also known as Z-40 and Z-42, will be extradited to the U.S. as well.
The extraditions were done at the request of the U.S. government as President Donald Trump’s tariff deadline looms. One of the president’s demands is for Mexico to crack down on dangerous cartels and fentanyl production and distribution.
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“This morning, 29 people who were deprived of their liberty in different penitentiary centers in the country were transferred to the United States of America, which were required due to their links with criminal organizations for drug trafficking, among other crimes,” Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office and Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection wrote.
“The custody, transfer and formal delivery of said people is carried out under institutional protocols with due respect for their fundamental rights, in accordance with our Constitution and the National Security Law and at the request of the United States Department of Justice.
“This action is part of the tasks of coordination, cooperation and bilateral reciprocity, within the framework of respect for the sovereignty of both nations.”
The Associated Press reported that the removal of the Mexican drug lords coincided with a visit to Washington, D.C., by Mexican Foreign Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente and other top economic and military officials, who met with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
The meeting was the latest in ongoing negotiations with the U.S. over trade and security relations, which have radically shifted since Trump returned to the Oval Office Jan. 20.
Negotiations resulted in the handover of one of the FBI’s ten most wanted fugitives, Caro Quintero, who walked free in 2013 after serving 28 years in prison. Caro Quintero was released when a court overturned his 40-year sentence for the 1985 kidnapping and killing of DEA agent Camarena.
Caro Quintero was arrested again by Mexican forces in July 2022 after he allegedly returned to drug trafficking. He was the former leader of the Guadalajara cartel, and the DEA alleges he had returned to drug trafficking and ordered bloody attacks in the northern Mexico border state of Sonora.
Caro Quintero blamed Camarena for a raid on a marijuana plantation in 1984, allegedly ordering his kidnapping the following year. Camarena’s body was found a month later with evidence of torture and abuse.
The FBI added Caro Quintero to the Top 10 Most Wanted list in 2018 and offered a reward of up to $20 million for information leading to Quintero’s arrest and/or conviction.
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In January, a nonprofit group representing the Camarena family urged the Trump administration to renew longstanding U.S. requests for Mexico to extradite Caro Quintero, the AP learned after obtaining a copy of the letter from a person familiar with the family’s outreach.
“His return to the U.S. would give the family much-needed closure and serve the best interests of justice,” the letter said.
Since taking office, Trump has threatened to impose trade tariffs on Mexico, and several Mexican cartels have been designated by the State Department as foreign terrorist organizations.
The U.S. had sought the extradition of Caro Quintero shortly after his arrest in 2022. But the request remained stuck at Mexico’s foreign ministry for unknown reasons as Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s predecessor and political mentor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, curtailed Mexican cooperation with the DEA to protest undercover U.S. law enforcement operations in Mexico targeting senior political and military officials.
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The removal of the Treviño Morales brothers also marks the end of a long process that began after the capture in 2013 of Miguel Treviño Morales and his brother, Omar, in 2015. The process went on for so many years that Mexico Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero described the lags as “truly shameful.”
The Treviño Morales family, accused by American authorities of running the violent Northeast Cartel from prison, have charges pending in the U.S. for alleged participation in a criminal organization, drug trafficking, gun offenses and money laundering.
Trump draws laughs with answer to question about calling Zelenskyy a dictator
President Donald Trump was asked several times on Thursday about comments he made last week, when he called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “dictator,” though he oftentimes either ignored the question or could not remember making the statement.
Trump met with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the White House on Thursday, when the two leaders addressed peace talks between Ukraine and Russia.
The president told reporters he has had back-to-back “very successful” calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as with Zelenskyy, with hopes of bringing the war between Ukraine and Russia to an end.
“I think we’ve made a lot of progress, and I think it’s moving along pretty rapidly,” Trump said. “[Friday], the progress toward peace will continue when President Zelenskyy visits the White House. He’ll be here tomorrow in the early part of the day, and we’ll be signing a historic agreement that will make the United States a major partner in developing Ukraine’s minerals and rare earths, oils and gases.”
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The president and Zelenskyy will meet at the White House around 11 a.m. Friday, and Trump said the rare earth minerals agreement will provide the basis for a sustainable future between the two countries.
With Zelenskyy’s visit quickly approaching, reporters asked Trump on Thursday if he had plans to apologize to the Ukrainian president for calling him a dictator.
Earlier this month, Trump blasted Zelenskyy as a “dictator without elections” after the U.S. left Ukraine out of its initial peace talks with Russia.
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“A Dictator without Elections, Zelenskyy better move fast or he is not going to have a Country left,” Trump wrote on Truth Social at the time. “In the meantime, we are successfully negotiating an end to the War with Russia, something all admit only ‘TRUMP,’ and the Trump Administration, can do. Biden never tried, Europe has failed to bring Peace, and Zelenskyy probably wants to keep the ‘gravy train’ going.”
When Trump greeted Starmer at the White House on Thursday, one reporter asked the two leaders about having common ground, with Trump describing Zelenskyy as a dictator and Starmer describing Putin as a dictator.
After dodging the question, another reporter asked Trump if he still believed Zelenskyy was a dictator.
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“Did I say that?” Trump asked. “I can’t believe I said that. Next question.”
After the two leaders met in the Oval Office, they faced reporters once again, and a reporter asked Trump if he would take the opportunity to apologize to Zelenskyy for calling him a dictator while praising Putin, who is a dictator.
Rather than address calling Zelenskyy a dictator, Trump spoke about the upcoming meeting with the Ukrainian president, saying, “I think we’re going to have a very good meeting tomorrow. … We’re going to get along really well.”
While Ukraine and Russia were a big topic during Trump and Starmer’s meeting, so were tariffs. One reporter asked Trump if Starmer had persuaded him not to impose tariffs on the U.K.
Trump said Starmer tried hard to convince him not to impose the tariffs.
“I think there’s a very good chance that, in the case of these two great friendly countries, I think we could very well end up with a real trade deal where the tariffs wouldn’t be necessary,” Trump said. “We’ll see.”
While the U.S. and U.K. started with a rocky relationship in colonial days, it has flourished into one that both leaders agree is special and will remain strong.
In fact, Trump was handed a letter from King Charles through Starmer, inviting the president and first lady for a state visit.
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“It was my privilege and honor to bring a letter with me today from His Majesty the King, not only sending his best wishes but also inviting the president and the first lady to make a state visit to the United Kingdom, an unprecedented second state visit,” Starmer said, noting this has never happened before. “It’s so incredible. It will be historic, and I’m delighted that I can go back to His Majesty the King and tell him that President Trump has accepted the invitation.”
Immediately following Starmer’s announcement, Trump thanked the prime minister and offered a compliment.
“What a beautiful accent,” the president said. “I would have been president 20 years ago if I had that accent.”
VP Vance spars with UK prime minister over free speech censorship in Oval Office
Things got awkward when Vice President JD Vance remarked on his previous comments on Britain’s free speech environment, just feet away from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during an Oval Office meeting.
Vance doubled down on his comments at the Munich Security Conference earlier this month when he said he feared that free speech was “in retreat” in Europe.
“To many of us on the other side of the Atlantic, it looks more and more like old entrenched interests hiding behind ugly Soviet-era words like misinformation and disinformation, who simply don’t like the idea that somebody with an alternative viewpoint might express a different opinion or, God forbid, vote a different way, or even worse, win an election,” Vance said.
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On Thursday, as Starmer met with President Donald Trump and administration officials at the White House, Vance stood by his comments.
“I said what I said, which is that we do have, of course, a special relationship with our friends in the U.K. and also with some of our European allies,” he said.
“But we also know that there have been infringements on free speech that actually affect not just the British. Of course, what the British do in their own country is up to them,” Vance added. “But (it also affects) American technology companies and, by extension, American citizens. So, that is something that we’ll talk about today at lunch.”
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Starmer, seated just a few feet away next to Trump, quickly chimed in.
“We’ve had free speech for a very, very long time in the United Kingdom, and it will last for a very, very long time,” the Labour Party politician said.
“Certainly, we wouldn’t want to reach across, and [regulate] U.S. citizens, and we don’t, and that’s absolutely right,” he told Vance. “But in relation to free speech in the U.K., I’m really proud of that — our history there.”
In Munich, Vance cited the case of a British army veteran who was convicted of breaching a safe zone around an abortion clinic where he silently prayed outside.
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He decried the enforcement of buffer zones, alleging that the Scottish government had warned people against private prayer within their own homes.
Hollywood star joins effort to boot Gov Newsom from office over ‘gross mismanagement’
Mel Gibson denounced California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for their involvement in the Palisades and Eaton fires that devastated Southern California communities.
Gibson joined Saving California for a news conference in Altadena Wednesday and its efforts to recall Newsom.
“We deserve much more and much better, and there is absolutely no adequate excuse the governor or mayor can make for this gross mismanagement and failure to preemptively deal with what they knew was coming,” Gibson said, referring to Newsom and Bass, according to KTLA.
The Eaton and Palisades fires devastated Altadena and Pacific Palisades. Gibson was one of thousands who lost their homes during the Palisades Fire that broke out Jan. 7.
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“Was it incompetence? Was it indifference, complacency, carelessness? Was it negligence? Absolutely,” Gibson added.
“Was it incompetence? Was it indifference, complacency, carelessness? Was it negligence? Absolutely.”
The actor, who was recently appointed as a special ambassador in Hollywood by President Donald Trump, explained that a federal investigation should be required if federal aid is going to be given to California.
Twenty-nine people were killed in the Palisades and Eaton fires, 23,448 acres burned in the Palisades Fire and 6,833 businesses and homes were destroyed, according to Cal Fire.
The Eaton Fire burned 14,021 acres in Altadena, and 9,418 businesses and homes were destroyed, according to Cal Fire.
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During an appearance on “Hannity” in January, Gibson explained why he chose to stay in California while several celebrities packed their bags.
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“A lot of people have left, and I don’t blame them. It didn’t suit them anymore. Even … people who were liberal, it didn’t suit them anymore. But if everybody leaves, what’s going to happen?” the actor said.
Gibson’s comments come as Fox News host Sean Hannity shared that he left New York due to “crime… high taxes … burdensome regulations,” and has “no intention” of returning. The “Flight Risk” actor agreed that several A-listers fled for the same reasons.
Despite being on the same page as the Fox News host, Gibson vowed to work with the president in what Trump called a “very troubled” Hollywood.
“[People] are going somewhere else because it’s more cost-effective. There [are] just a lot of prohibitive regulations and things in the way that I think could be lifted. … But I think it can be fixed.”
Shortly after Trump took office, the president announced that, along with Gibson, Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone would serve as “special envoys” to Hollywood.
Gibson promised to get together with the other Hollywood ambassadors to discuss a plan and “educate” himself.
Gibson believes Trump will “get some results here quickly” as he slammed Newsom.
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As a special envoy to Hollywood, the “Braveheart” actor will focus on tax incentives because Gibson argued Newsom’s plans aren’t “working.”
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“I know Newsom gave some tax incentives, but maybe not enough because it’s still not working. There are other things that offset that,” he told Hannity at the time.
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Vivek Ramaswamy pinpoints root cause of hostility against Musk’s cost-cutting efforts
Although he walked away from running the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) alongside Elon Musk, Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy believes he knows the root of the hostility facing Musk and his waste-slashing agency.
“It comes from a place of irrationality. For the last several years, people have had Trump Derangement Syndrome. That derangement syndrome has now expanded to include Elon and others,” Ramaswamy said Thursday on “Jesse Watters Primetime.”
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Since taking office, President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the DOGE agenda have faced mounting scrutiny from several Democrats and media outlets.
The latest wave of criticism facing the Tesla founder concerned his South African heritage.
“The View” co-host Joy Behar corrected herself on Thursday after claiming that Elon Musk was “pro-apartheid,” conceding that she really had no idea whether he was or not.
During the first segment of Thursday’s show, Behar described Musk as “the guy, who was not born in this country, who was born under apartheid in South Africa, so has that mentality going on. He was pro-apartheid as I understand it.”
“I think this is just perfectly wonderful for Trump. He can take a nap and let this foreigner — foreign agent, you know, an enemy of the United States — do his job,” she added.
Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin noted that Musk, who was born in South Africa, is a naturalized citizen of the United States earlier in the discussion, after Behar made the claim.
“I’m getting some flack because I said that Musk was pro-apartheid. I don’t really know for sure if he was,” Behar said at the start of their second segment. “He grew up in that time when it was full-blown before the great Nelson Mandela fixed that. He was around at that time — maybe he was, maybe he wasn’t. He might have been a young guy too, so don’t be suing me, OK, Elon?”
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Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, sparked a firestorm on social media over comments questioning Musk’s allegiance to the United States given that he has been a citizen for “only” 22 years.
“Mr. Musk has just been here 22 years,” Kaptur said outside the Capitol on Wednesday. “And he’s a citizen of three countries. I always ask myself the question, with the damage he’s doing here, when push comes to shove, which country is his loyalty to? South Africa? Canada? Or the United States? And he’s only been a citizen, I’ll say again, 22 years.”
Kaptur, who has served in Congress since 1983, drew criticism on social media from conservatives accusing her of hypocrisy and using language that Republicans would be pilloried for using.
Despite the latest wave of criticism, Ramaswamy praised the Trump administration for “leading us to a golden era for America.”
“That new golden age in our country will also be a golden age for federalism. Just kick it down to the states. That’s what our founders envisioned,” Ramaswamy told Fox News host Jesse Watters. “Get it out of Washington, D.C., and I think that’s going to be good not just for Republicans, but for Democrats across the country as well, who deserve transparency into how their taxpayer dollars are being spent and who deserve to have lower taxes as a consequence of that waste, fraud and abuse no longer existing in the system.”
The multi-millionaire entrepreneur also said he wants to see DOGE reforms “become lasting changes, codified through legislation.”
“We got to make sure that these are permanent changes, and I’m confident,” he said. “The steps are taken out of the gate. You got to go fast. You got to go quickly when Donald Trump was given the mandate that he’s been given. The mandate the voters gave Donald Trump was not for incremental change around the edges. The mandate last November was a mandate for sweeping, positive change in the country.”
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The Ohio GOP hopeful also responded to those claiming the administration is “moving too fast,” arguing the problem is the previous “four years.”
“The problem is we had four years of open borders, overspending, victimhood culture, woke indoctrination, racial preferences,” Ramaswamy said. “Against that backdrop, ballooning, national debt, foreign wars popping up left and right, the largest infiltration of illegal immigrants into this country in American history. If you don’t move fast against those four years, that’s exactly what Donald Trump’s doing, and it’s how we’re going to win our country back.”
Ramaswamy officially declared his candidacy for Ohio governor Monday at a rally in Cincinnati after months of speculation.
Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is term-limited and ineligible to run again once his second term expires in January 2027. The governor’s race will be held in November 2026.
Study lays bare painful impacts of California’s fast-food minimum wage hike
Fast-food job losses in California spiked after passage of the $20 minimum wage for some workers, according to a new study.
A Berkeley Research Group study discovered not only were there 10,700 jobs lost between June 2023 and June 2024 in the sector, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. But prices at the establishments soared by 14.5% after the new minimum wage became law.
“California fast food restaurants also increased automation and technology adoption to offset rising labor costs,” the study released Feb. 18 stated.
“Therefore, it should not be surprising that the number of employees per restaurant is declining.
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“Californians are bearing the cost of the minimum wage increase through fewer available jobs and higher food cost,” it added. The study also debunked notions that the minimum-wage legislation created jobs, according to the California Globe.
The study noted that the authors were “retained” by Save Local Restaurants but said the research was conducted independently.
Chef Andrew Gruel, a California-based restaurateur, told Fox News Digital he saw early on that there could be negative consequences for the service industry.
“I railed about this months ago,” he said, adding that while the early economic effects were being touted, he suggested there would be losses.
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Gruel also offered advice to businesses struggling to keep up with the minimum wage requirement.
“Cut your menu size, outsource a lot of kitchen labor and utilize AI for back office management,” Gruel said.
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The minimum wage for workers was $16 before the $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers became law in April 2024. Gov. Gavin Newsom said in September 2023 the increase would help workers earn more as the cost-of-living rises.
“Fast food workers in CA will now be paid the highest minimum wage of any state in the country. I just signed a bill that will ensure these workers receive the fair pay they deserve,” he tweeted at the time.
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However, the report also cautioned that it may also result in people getting paid less overall and “accelerate automation.”
“If large enough, the combination of job eliminations and reductions could leave workers earning less income as a result of (the) $20 minimum wage,” the report stated.
“For example, even if no jobs are eliminated (a dubious assumption given the BLS data discussed above), a 20% reduction in hours worked with no overtime increases would erase the financial gains from the 25% hourly wage increase, leaving workers with the same or even less total income,” it continued.
The California Fast Food Council may consider increasing the minimum wage to $20.70, according to Restaurant Business Magazine.
Police hunt for suspect who opened fire on insurance CEO’s home, allegedly sent email
A gunman was captured on security video shooting up the Oregon home of an insurance company CEO who said he was emailed threats by someone claiming to be the shooter.
The home of State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation (SAIF) CEO Chip Terhune in Lake Oswego, near Portland, was shot up in the early hours of Feb. 21, the Lake Oswego Police Department said Wednesday.
The shots were fired at close range by someone possibly wearing a hoodie or ski mask and carrying a light-colored object.
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A grainy CCTV image released by police shows someone near the home. The suspect is believed to have fled in a car left nearby and remains on the loose.
In a company-wide email obtained by KPTV, Terhune acknowledged the incident.
“We have received an email threat purporting to be the person(s) responsible. Although it does not target any specific employee, the email references knowledge of employee and relatives’ names and addresses,” he wrote.
Terhune asked employees at the not-for-profit workers’ comp insurance company to be vigilant and aware of their surroundings when out in public.
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Terhune said he was working with investigators.
“Law enforcement is working diligently to investigate this matter and asked that we not share any additional specific information about the actual email,” he said.
The shooting came months after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down outside a Manhattan hotel. The suspected gunman, Luigi Mangione, 26, criticized America’s healthcare system before the killing.
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Mangione faces multiple charges, including murder, and has pleaded not guilty.
Terhune became SAIF’s president and CEO in July 2021. Before that, he served as senior vice president and general manager of government programs and accounts for Medecision, a healthcare technology company, according to his biography on the SAIF company website.