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    Possible early December vote on whether to release Epstein files<\/span>published at 21:53 GMT<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

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    <\/span><\/span>Ana Faguy<\/strong>
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    Adelita Grijalva was just sworn giving Democrats one more seat in Congress.<\/p>\n

    But besides helping the majority, she\u2019ll also assist those trying to release the Epstein files in their efforts.<\/p>\n

    She immediately signed a discharge petition to bring a vote on releasing the files to the floor – but signing that petition does not mean there will be immediate action, and there will be a wait for some procedural steps to take place.<\/p>\n

    It needs to sit for a seven legislative days before it can be called up for floor consideration – and then House leadership will be required to schedule a floor vote within two legislative days.<\/p>\n

    That’s looking like it could be early December.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    House petition to force vote on release of Epstein files secures pivotal signature<\/span>published at 21:33 GMT<\/span><\/p>\n

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    A new member of Congress, Democrat Adelita Grijalva, signed a petition to force a vote on whether to direct the justice department to release the Epstein files – seconds after being sworn in. <\/p>\n

    She becomes the 218th signatory on the petition – pushing it to the required threshold to move forward.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    ‘I have been trying to talk about this story for a very long time now,’ says Wolff<\/span>published at 21:19 GMT<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Featured in the documents released today were a number of emails between Jeffrey Epstein and writer Michael Wolff.<\/p>\n

    Wolff has previously said he spoke to Epstein at length about Trump while writing books on his presidency.<\/p>\n

    The author, speaking publicly for the first time since the release of the documents, says in a video posted on his Instagram: \u201cThis morning, the House Oversight Committee released emails directly linking Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein.”<\/p>\n

    \u201cIn fact some of those emails are between Epstein and me, with Epstein discussing his relationship with Donald Trump,” he says.<\/p>\n

    Wolff adds: \u201cI have been trying to talk about this story for a very long time now.”<\/p>\n

    The emails released today appear to show Epstein asking for Wolff’s guidance around Trump.<\/p>\n

    Wolff writes to Epstein in 2015 to notify him that CNN is planning to ask Trump about their relationship.<\/p>\n

    Epstein responds: “If we were able to craft an answer for him, what do you think it should be?”<\/p>\n

    Wolff then offers his thoughts on how the interview could play out. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    Democrats on Oversight Committee pledge to keep victims identities private<\/span>published at 21:11 GMT<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

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    House Democrats on the Oversight Committee have released a fresh statement, hours after thousands of documents and emails relating to Jeffrey Epstein were released into the public domain.<\/p>\n

    \u201cThe official stance of Oversight Democrats is that we don\u2019t confirm or deny the names of victims,” Sara Guerrero says.<\/p>\n

    For context, in the first three emails Democrats released today they redacted the name of a victim. In the full batch of documents later, it wasn’t redacted – as our colleagues at BBC Verify reported earlier.<\/a><\/p>\n

    Shortly afterwards, the White House put out a statement saying the \u201cunnamed victim\u201d was Virginia Giuffre who “repeatedly said President Trump was not involved in any wrongdoing whatsoever”.<\/p>\n

    Guerrero says: “Oversight Democrats have promised all survivors and their families that we will keep their identities private out of respect for them, and our commitment is that we redact all of their names from these documents.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    ‘I can’t take any more of this’ – Andrew emailed Epstein in March 2011<\/span>published at 21:02 GMT<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

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    <\/span><\/span>Ed Campbell<\/strong>
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    Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, responded to an email forwarded by Ghislaine Maxwell via Jeffrey Epstein in March 2011 about alleged sexual activity with a masseuse working for Epstein.<\/p>\n

    According to files released today by the House Oversight Committee, Andrew’s reply reads: “Hey there! What’s all this? I don’t know anything about this! You must SAY so please. This has NOTHING to do with me. I can’t take any more of this.”<\/p>\n

    Maxwell had forwarded a “right of reply” email from the Mail on Sunday on 4 March, making numerous allegations about Maxwell, Epstein, and the then-Prince Andrew.<\/p>\n

    The right of reply email states that a woman, whose name is redacted in the released document, was introduced to Andrew by the disgraced financier in 2001, at Maxwell’s house in London where she had sex with Andrew. <\/p>\n

    On 6 March 2011 the Mail on Sunday published a story including a photograph of Prince Andrew and Virginia Guiffre. <\/p>\n

    The right of reply email goes on to say that the masseuse and another girl were directed to sit on Andrew’s knee in Epstein’s New York flat, and that he groped both girls. The email goes on to say that one of the girls was directed by Maxwell to have sex with Andrew. It also states she was directed to participate in an orgy with Andrew at Little St James – Epstein’s private Caribbean island.<\/p>\n

    It requests a reply by noon the next day, and is sent by Annette Witheridge of the Mail on Sunday.<\/p>\n

    The email is sent to Maxwell by her representative at 11:12 on 4 March 2011, forwarded on to Epstein and then to a redacted email address marked “The Duke” who responds to Maxwell at 11.46 on the same day.<\/p>\n

    On 6 March 2011, the day the Mail on Sunday published its Guiffre story, Epstein emails “The Duke” at 08.51 asking: “You ok?\u201d and says \u201cthese stories are complete and utter fantasy\u201d.<\/p>\n

    Andrew has always denied any wrongdoing and has not faced any charges.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    Sense of urgency as Trump calls out members of his party<\/span>published at 20:27 GMT<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

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    <\/span><\/span>Anthony Zurcher<\/strong>
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    There are four Republican signatures on the House of Representatives petition that would force a vote to order the Justice Department to release all files related to its investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. <\/p>\n

    If any one of those four changed his or her mind, the petition would come up short. That may explain the efforts by the White House to unite the party behind blocking the petition. <\/p>\n

    It appears top administration officials are meeting today with one of the signatories, Lauren Boebert of Colorado.<\/p>\n

    Republican Thomas Massie of Kentucky is a co-sponsor of the petition. The other two are Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Nancy Mace of South Carolina. <\/p>\n

    Greene – a firebrand conservative – has recently stepped up her criticism of Trump on a range of subjects.<\/p>\n

    The president in his recent Truth Social post on the Epstein matter called out members of his own party, saying “only a very bad, or stupid, Republican would fall into that trap” of supporting further Epstein inquiries.<\/p>\n

    Once the petition is filed, which barring some change is expected to happen later today, the countdown to a House vote \u2013 which would could occur sometime in December \u2013 would be irreversible. <\/p>\n

    Hence the sense of urgency coming from the White House.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    Trump posts again, repeating attack on Democrats<\/span>published at 20:25 GMT<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

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    Half an hour after his first post<\/a> on Truth Social addressing the release of the Epstein documents, President Trump has posted again. <\/p>\n

    He says: “In other words, the Democrats are using the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax to try and deflect from their massive failures, in particular, their most recent one \u2014 THE SHUTDOWN!”<\/p>\n

    It’s a similar message to his first post, where Trump said: “”The Democrats are trying to bring up the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax again because they\u2019ll do anything at all to deflect on how badly they’ve done on the Shutdown, and so many other subjects.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    Oversight Committee Democrat calls for further document release<\/span>published at 20:00 GMT<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

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    The leading Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, Robert Garcia, is calling for the release of further documents, saying that he hopes today’s release spurs the Trump administration to “fully release the Epstein files”.<\/p>\n

    “They have right now the entire files,” he says.<\/p>\n