What You Need to Know Since the New Mexico Truth Commission Announced Subpoenas
Lesley Groff and Bill Gates both appeared before the House Oversight Committee this week
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Last week, the House Oversight Committee interviewed Lesley Groff and Bill Gates, two figures who have loomed large in the Epstein saga for years now. First up was Groff, Epstein’s longtime assistant who appeared for another of the Committee’s closed-door, unsworn interviews last Tuesday. She professed ignorance of Epstein’s crimes, despite it being very evident from the files that she had been intimately involved in her boss’s day-to-day activities. The following day, Bill Gates — whose name is mentioned nearly 3,000 times in the files — appeared before the Committee, where he stated that he, too, was unaware of the full extent of Epstein’s criminal conduct. He also claimed that the financier had tried to blackmail him into maintaining a friendship.
And in another notable development, we got our clearest glimpse yet into the chaos inside the White House last summer as public pressure mounted on the administration to release the files. According to the Times, Trump made it clear to his underlings that he wanted the scandal buried, and advisers gathered regularly in the Situation Room to strategize in what ultimately proved to be futile efforts to defuse the situation.
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Headlines to Know
Epstein paid Palm Beach deputy to get special treatment in jail, ex-aide says Miami Herald, Julie K. Brown, 06/15/26
‘She’s a gift’: How Epstein exploited his fashion world connections to reach young women CNN, Curt Devine, Isabelle Chapman & Katie Polglase, 06/13/26
‘Have you ever been around someone you just know is evil?’ Melinda French Gates on meeting Jeffrey Epstein, giving away billions, and her post-divorce peace The Guardian, Sophie McBain, 06/13/26
Republicans who pushed Epstein files release see political careers upended by Trump NBC News, Melanie Zanona and Katherine Doyle, 06/11/26
Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files The New York Times Magazine, Maggie Haberman & Jonathan Swan, 06/10/26
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