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Later today, Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie, the Democrat and Republican who led the congressional push to release files from the federal investigations into Jeffrey Epstein will address the press after their private viewing of copies of the files without redactions.

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In an episode of the Shawn Ryan Show podcast released on Monday, the California congressman told the former navy Seal: “There are obviously people who need to be prosecuted and investigated. They haven’t released the names of the co-conspirators still.”

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“Every single person who is in those files who says, ‘I went to Epstein’s island’… or ‘I went to Epstein’s home and I know that there were young girls there’… any one of those people need to be investigated, they need to be hauled in front of Congress and they need to be held accountable,” Khanna told the conservative podcaster.

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  Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime companion and accomplice, invoked her fifth amendment rights while appearing at a virtual deposition before the House oversight committee today. Her lawyer, David Oscar Marcus, later said that if the American public “truly want to hear the unfiltered truth about what happened” his client would be prepared to “speak fully and honestly” if Donald Trump grants her clemency.

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  Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle decried Maxwell’s refusal to answer questions. James Comer, the Republican chair of the oversight committee, called her appearance “very disappointing”. Meanwhile, ranking member Robert Garcia said that Maxwell’s silence appeared to be part of a “cover-up” by the White House.“Who is she protecting? And we need to know why she’s been given special treatment at a low security prison by the Trump Administration,” Garcia said.

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  James Comer also did not rule out deposing commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, when speaking to reporters today. Lutnick is facing mounting calls from lawmakers to resign for his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, including a planned visit to the disgraced financier on his private island in 2012 – four years after Epstein was sentenced to 13 months in jail for soliciting a minor for prostitution.

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  Congress is facing a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) if doesn’t pass a full year funding bill by Friday. Lawmakers passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the department running until 13 February, while Democrats negotiate with GOP colleagues and the White House over further guardrails for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

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James Comer, chair of the House oversight committee, did not rule out deposing commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, when speaking to reporters today.

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Lutnick is facing mounting calls from lawmakers to resign for his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, including a planned visit to the disgraced financier on his private island in 2012 – four years after Epstein was sentenced to 13 months in jail for soliciting a minor for prostitution.

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On Monday, Comer noted that his committee is focused on the five upcoming depositions as part of their ongoing investigation into the handling of Epstein’s crimes. These include former president Bill Clinton and secretary of state Hillary Clinton. “We don’t want to do anything to jeopardize the five that we have on the book. So we’ll see what happens here, and we’ll move forward,” Comer added.

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Lutnick said last year in a podcast interview that he had no relationship with Epstein after 2005. But email exchanges in the latest trove of documents released by the justice department show that the pair did exchange several emails and correspondence in the years following – often through assistants and intermediaries.

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Earlier, we reported that Ghislaine Maxwell invoked her fifth amendment rights while appearing at a virtual deposition before the House oversight committee. Her lawyer, David Oscar Marcus, later said that if the American public “truly want to hear the unfiltered truth about what happened” his client would be prepared to “speak fully and honestly” if Donald Trump grants her clemency.

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“Some may not like what they hear, but the truth matters,” Marcus added. “For example, both President Trump and President Clinton are innocent of any wrongdoing. Ms Maxwell alone can explain why, and the public is entitled to that explanation.”

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After Maxwell refused to answer questions today, James Comer, the oversight committee’s Republican chair,  said that it was “very disappointing”.

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“We had many questions to ask about the crimes she and Epstein committed, as well as questions about potential co-conspirators. We sincerely want to get to the truth to the American people, and justice for the survivors,” Comer added.

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In a letter sent to the House oversight committee before Ghislaine Maxwell’s deposition, a group of Jeffrey Epstein survivors, including several Jane Does and family members of the late Virginia Giuffre, urged lawmakers to be skeptical of any information she provided (of course, as we’ve been reporting she ended up providing none).

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We urge the Committee to approach Ms Maxwell’s testimony with the utmost skepticism, to rigorously scrutinize any claims she makes, and to ensure that this process does not become another vehicle through which survivors are harmed or silenced. Truth, accountability, and transparency must be the priority – not the rehabilitation of a convicted trafficker’s narrative.

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In the letter, the group criticized Maxwell’s refusal to identify “the many powerful men” involved in Epstein’s trafficking network and her refusal to “meaningfully cooperate” with law enforcement. They also slammed the decision to transfer Maxwell to a low-security prison last year, a move they said “appears to be preferential treatment”.

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Ms Maxwell was not a peripheral figure. She was a central and indispensable architect of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking enterprise. Despite this, she has refused to meaningfully cooperate with law enforcement or provide credible, complete information about the scope of the trafficking network.

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They added:

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Any attempt to grant Ghislaine Maxwell leniency, whether through sentencing relief, special treatment or credibility afforded to her testimony, would be catastrophic for survivors.

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Democrats have condemned Maxwell invoking her right to silence and refusal to answer any questions. California Democrat Ro Khanna posted on X:

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Here is my conclusion after sitting through Maxwell’s deposition with her refusing to answer a single question about the men who raped underage girls, saying she would only do so for clemency. She must immediately be sent back to the maximum security prison where she belongs.

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Representative Suhas Subramanyam, of Virginia, said:

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She is campaigning over and over again to get that pardon from President Trump, and this president has not ruled it out. And so that is why she is continuing to not cooperate with our investigation.

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Meanwhile New Mexico Democrat Melanie Stansbury said Maxwell’s decision to not answer questions was “an effort to essentially try to secure her pardon by keeping her mouth shut, and we will not allow this silence to stand”.

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Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House oversight committee, issued a sharp rebuke following Ghislaine Maxwell’s virtual deposition earlier today.

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Maxwell, a convicted co-conspirator of Jeffrey Epstein, invoked the fifth amendment and “provided no information about the men who raped and trafficked women and girls”, according to Garcia.

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“After months of defying our subpoena, Ghislaine Maxwell finally appeared before the oversight committee and said nothing,” he added in a statement.

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“Who is she protecting? And we need to know why she’s been given special treatment at a low security prison by the Trump administration. We are going to end this White House cover-up.”

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Congress is facing a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) if doesn’t pass a full year funding bill by Friday.

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Lawmakers passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the department running until 13 February, while Democrats negotiate with GOP colleagues and the White House over further guardrails for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), amid the ongoing use of force by officers – which has resulted in the fatal shootings of two American citizens in Minneapolis.

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Democrats argue that federal immigration enforcement officers are conducting indiscriminate raids, brutalizing people, and hiding their identities in the process. They have issued list of demands which include the need for judicial warrants, and for agents to not wear masks. Republicans, by and large, have pushed back – saying these are non-starters. Instead they have floated another short-term spending bill to extend negotiations in the midst of another policy impasse.

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Democrats, however, seem deeply reluctant for another stopgap, and would favor a shutdown to make their points clear.

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Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex trafficker and longtime accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein, is set to attend a virtual deposition for the House oversight committee at 10am ET today.

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This is part of the committee’s ongoing investigation into the handling of Epstein’s case,

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Maxwell, however, is set to plead the fifth amendment, which protects her against self-incrimination, while addressing lawmakers today. It’s a move that representatives are concerned will make her testimony useless.

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In a letter to oversight chairman James Comer, Democratic congressman Ro Khanna wrote that Maxwell’s decision is not in keeping with her interview with deputy attorney general Todd Blanche last year. Where she did, albeit sparingly, provide details about working with Epstein.

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“I understand that Ms Maxwell intends to assert this privilege on a “blanket basis” by reading a prepared statement at the outset of the deposition and refusing to permit Members to question her individually through counsel, rather than invoking the privilege on a question-by-question basis,” Khanna, who also serves on the oversight committee, wrote.

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In response he outlined several questions in his letter to find out whether Maxwell intends to invoke the fifth amendment when answering them.

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Donald Trump may have not enjoyed Bad Bunny’s acclaimed Super Bowl half-time show but so many others have taken to social media to heap praise on the performance.

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The 31-year-old singer took to the stage in Santa Clara, California, for a performance which was almost entirely in Spanish to celebrate his Puerto Rican heritage and culture.

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American DJ and producer Diplo wrote:

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The real American Dream isn’t about fitting a stereotype – it’s about believing in yourself when the world tries to tell you otherwise.

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Proud to call Bad Bunny my friend – a Puerto Rican, an American, a creator who stood on the Super Bowl stage and reminded the world that language, culture, and identity are part of this country’s story.

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In a moment that sparked outrage and debate, he chose unity, joy, and love over division, and showed what it means to represent all of America. This controversy didn’t weaken the dream – it proved why believing in yourself never sounded more American.

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Fellow Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin also joined Bad Bunny for the show, and he wrote on X:

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They need to give me several hours to let me process and understand the tsunami of emotions I’m feeling. Thank you.

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Meanwhile, Lady Gaga shared a post on Instagram to her 61.8 million followers of herself singing during the performance. She wrote:

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It was my absolute honour to be a part of Benito’s halftime show.

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Thank you Benito for inviting me and thank you to the entire cast for welcoming me onto your stage. I wouldn’t miss it for the world.

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Other celebrities to praise the show included Grammy-winning country singer Kacey Musgraves, rapper Doechii and singer-songwriter John Mellencamp.

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In other news, Ghislaine Maxwell is expected to plead the fifth amendment to avoid self-incrimination during her deposition in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee later today, according to a letter from Democratic congressman Ro Khanna to the committee chair.

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Maxwell was found guilty in 2021 for her role in helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls and is serving a 20-year prison sentence.

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Instead of answering individual questions, Maxwell intends to read a prepared statement at the beginning of her deposition, Khanna, who serves on the committee, said without detailing the source of his information.

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“This position appears inconsistent with Ms. Maxwell’s prior conduct, as she did not invoke the fifth amendment when she previously met with deputy attorney general Todd Blanche to discuss substantially similar subject matter,” Khanna wrote in his letter seeking clarification on her testimony.

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It comes after the Department of Justice released millions of files relating to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a well-connected financier who officials say killed himself in federal custody in New York in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

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The House of Representatives’ oversight committee is investigating Epstein’s connections to powerful figures and how information about his crimes was handled.

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As we referenced in the opening post, Puerto Rican megastar Bad Bunny used his speech at the Grammys at the start of the month to call out anti-immigration sentiment that has surged amid ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) operations which have caused terror in communities across American states. At least eight people have been killed by federal agents or have died while in ICE custody in 2026 so far.

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It has now emerged that under 14% of nearly 400,000 immigrants arrested by ICE in Trump’s first year back in office had charges or convictions for violent criminal offences, an internal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) document obtained by CBS News shows.

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This seriously undermines the administration’s frequent claims that the operations are targeting illegal immigrants who are violent and need to be deported for public safety.

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According to the DHS document, nearly 60% of ICE arrestees over the past year had criminal charges or convictions, although most were for non-violent crimes.

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Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of US politics. Donald Trump has said Bad Bunny’s historic Super Bowl half-time show performance celebrating Latino heritage and culture was “absolutely terrible” and “an affront to the Greatness of America”.

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The Puerto Rican musician made history by becoming the first Super Bowl half-time show headliner to perform nearly entirely in Spanish, and to host a wedding during the show, which included appearances from Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin, among others.

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In a lengthy Truth Social Post published after, Trump wrote:

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The Super Bowl Halftime Show is absolutely terrible, one of the worst, EVER! It makes no sense, is an affront to the Greatness of America, and doesn’t represent our standards of Success, Creativity, or Excellence.

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Nobody understands a word this guy is saying, and the dancing is disgusting, especially for young children that are watching from throughout the U.S.A., and all over the World.

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This “Show” is just a “slap in the face” to our Country, which is setting new standards and records every single day – including the Best Stock Market and 401(k)s in History!

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There is nothing inspirational about this mess of a Halftime Show and watch, it will get great reviews from the Fake News Media, because they haven’t got a clue of what is going on in the REAL WORLD.

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It’s hardly surprising Trump did not like Bad Bunny’s show. The 31-year-old, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, has been a vocal critic of ICE and of Trump and his administration’s authoritarian immigration policies.

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In January, Trump criticized the selection (alongside rightwing media commentators) as “absolutely ridiculous” while also claiming he was unfamiliar with the artist. At the time, Trump said of Bad Bunny and punk rock band Green Day, who also performed: “I’m anti-them. I think it’s a terrible choice. All it does is sow hatred. Terrible.”

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Sunday’s performance came a week after Bad Bunny’s ‘Debí Tirar Más Fotos’ became the first Spanish-language album to win the Grammy for album of the year, building more anticipation for his Super Bowl show, still one of the staples of the American cultural calendar.

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The Super Bowl is the most-watched annual television event in the United States. Last year’s game averaged nearly 130m US viewers, according to NFL figures, with an additional 62.5m watching internationally.

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“God bless America!” Bad Bunny shouted toward the end of the half-time show, which ran to nearly 14 minutes. He then gave a roll call of the countries of North, South and Central America, including Uruguay, Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, the US and Canada.

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A colourful parade of flags from those nations marched through the sugar plantation fields that functioned as the energetic show’s centerpiece. You can read the Guardian’s five-star review of the performance here.

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國會議員將收集初步編輯的愛訴斯坦文件

稍後的現在時間， 羅卡納 和 托馬斯·馬西聖誕老人和祈禱領導人推動釋放聯邦調查杰弗里·愛訴斯坦的記錄數據，他們將在非公開查看默認編輯的記錄數據副本後負責。

在周一發布的肖恩·瑞恩秀播客的一集中，這位加州國會議員告訴崩潰的海豹突擊隊：“顯然我們中有些人必須受到逮捕和調查。他們還沒有單獨公佈同謀的名字。”

“這些記錄數據中的每個人都說，‘我要去愛潑斯坦的島’……或者‘我要去愛潑斯坦的家，我確實知道那裡有年輕女孩’……我們中的任何一個人都必須接受調查，他們必須被拖到國會面前，必須承擔責任，”卡納告訴保守派播客。

這就是這一天的回顧

• 杰弗裡·愛訴斯坦的長期合作者和同謀吉斯萊恩·麥克斯韋爾在烏克蘭監督委員會進行的虛擬證詞中援引了她的第五修正案權利。 她的律師大衛·奧斯卡·馬庫斯此前表示，如果美國公眾“實際上希望聽到有關所發生事件的未經過濾的真相”，那麼如果唐納德·特朗普給予她寬大的處理，他的當事人可能會準備好“全面、事實”。

• 來自各個方面的立法者譴責麥克斯韋拒絕回答問題。 委員會的慶祝主席詹姆斯·科默稱她的樣子“非常令人失望”。在此期間，監督評級成員羅伯特·加西亞表示，麥克斯韋的沉默似乎是聖誕老人“被子”的一部分。 “在關押誰？我們了解為什麼特朗普政府在她安全級別較低的監獄裡給予她特殊待遇，”加西亞說。

• 詹姆斯·科默採訪目前在接受新聞界人士時也不排除排除商務部長霍華德·盧特尼克的可能性。 盧特尼克正面臨越來越多的立法者要求他因與杰弗裡·愛潑斯坦(Jeffrey Epstein)關係辭職的呼聲，其中包括計劃於2012年在他的私人島嶼上與這位知名的金融家進行討論——四年前，愛潑斯坦曾因招攬盜竊人賣淫而被判處13個月監禁。

• 如果祖國安全部（DHS）週五在通過了12個月的撥款法案之前，國會將關閉該部。 立法者通過了一項權之宜計劃的撥款法案，支持該部門持續到2月13日，而官員則與衛生官員和海關就移民和海關執法局（ICE）、海關和海關安全局（CBP）的進一步保護措施進行了會談。

監督主席不再排除商務部長的可能性

詹姆斯·科默委員會監督主席不排除商務部長 霍華德·盧特尼克，目前與新聞界人士交談時。

盧特尼克正面臨越來越多的立法者要求他因與杰弗裡·愛潑斯坦(Jeffrey Epstein)關係辭職的呼聲，其中包括計劃於2012年在他的私人島嶼上與這位知名的金融家進行討論——四年前，愛潑斯坦曾因招攬盜竊人賣淫而被判處13個月監禁。

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