https://www.scmp.com/rss/522021/feed The latest news and top stories on Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted sex trafficker. Known for her prominent socialite status and association with Jeffrey Epstein, she was a key figure in his sex trafficking operation. As the daughter of media mogul Robert Maxwell, she navigated elite circles. Her responsibilities included recruiting and grooming underage girls for Epstein. Convicted in 2021, she received a 20-year sentence in 2022 for her role in the conspiracy, reflecting her significant... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse British Prime Minister Keir Starmer insisted on Wednesday he would not resign, claiming allegations of misleading MPs over his appointment of a party loyalist as UK envoy to Washington had been “put to bed”. Starmer’s remarks in parliament came as the beleaguered premier faced fresh calls to step down over his admitted error of judgment in appointing veteran former politician Peter Mandelson to the coveted post. The premier spoke to lawmakers a day after the foreign ministry’s most senior... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3351046/uk-pm-insists-he-wont-resign-over-mandelson-scandal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3351046/uk-pm-insists-he-wont-resign-over-mandelson-scandal?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:31:37 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced mounting pressure to quit on Friday over his appointment of Peter Mandelson as envoy to Washington, after it emerged the veteran politician had failed security vetting. The affair has haunted Starmer for months amid growing anger over Mandelson’s 2024 nomination to the top diplomatic post despite his close ties to late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Mandelson, a long-time insider with Starmer’s ruling Labour Party, has held multiple ministerial posts since... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3350451/uks-starmer-faces-calls-resign-mandelson-scandal-reignites?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3350451/uks-starmer-faces-calls-resign-mandelson-scandal-reignites?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:36:42 +0000 Lucy Quaggin Lucy Quaggin US first lady Melania Trump on Thursday rejected what she called “lies” about her relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in a rare White House address where she also called on Congress to hold public hearings for his victims. The first lady denied having ties to Epstein or knowledge of his crimes in a brief but strongly worded statement, saying the “lies” linking her to the disgraced financier “need to end today”. “I am not ‌Epstein’s victim,” said Melania Trump, while also... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3349570/melania-trump-denies-any-ties-epstein-or-knowledge-his-crimes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3349570/melania-trump-denies-any-ties-epstein-or-knowledge-his-crimes?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:09:47 +0000 Reuters Reuters Former US attorney general Pam Bondi does not plan to appear for a planned interview with a House of Representatives committee on the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files following her firing by US President Donald Trump, the Justice Department told Congress on Wednesday. Bondi was subpoenaed ‌last month to testify in her formal role as attorney general, rendering the demand invalid now that she no longer holds that title, a Justice Department official wrote in a letter to the House Oversight... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3349438/bondi-wont-appear-us-lawmakers-over-epstein-files-justice-department-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3349438/bondi-wont-appear-us-lawmakers-over-epstein-files-justice-department-says?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:39:44 +0000 Reuters Reuters A US congressional committee said ⁠on Tuesday it has ⁠issued a subpoena to Attorney General ⁠Pam Bondi to testify behind closed doors in its probe of the late convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein. Bondi faces accusations that the Justice Department has concealed the names of powerful associates of Epstein in its release ‌of millions of documents related to the late financier. Under the subpoena, Bondi would give a sworn deposition to the House of Representatives Oversight Committee on ‌April... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3346938/us-house-panel-subpoenas-pam-bondi-testify-epstein-investigation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3346938/us-house-panel-subpoenas-pam-bondi-testify-epstein-investigation?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:29:38 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Documents released on Wednesday by the British government show officials believed there was a “reputational risk” to appointing Peter Mandelson as the US ambassador because of his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The concerns were raised in a document sent to Prime Minister Keir Starmer in December 2024 before he appointed Mandelson to the role, seen as vital to establish a good relationship with the administration of US President Donald Trump. The document also spelled... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3346267/uk-pm-starmer-was-warned-reputational-risk-appointing-mandelson?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3346267/uk-pm-starmer-was-warned-reputational-risk-appointing-mandelson?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:50:35 +0000 Reuters Reuters Investigators in New Mexico began searching ⁠on Monday the ⁠former ranch of Jeffrey Epstein where ⁠the late financier and his acquaintances are accused of sexually abusing women and girls, state authorities said. Democratic-run New Mexico is acting on new information in documents released in January by the US Department of Justice, including an accusation that Epstein ‌ordered the bodies of two foreign girls buried in hills near the secluded property. The search follows New Mexico Attorney... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3346127/us-investigators-search-epsteins-new-mexico-ranch-amid-allegations-buried-bodies?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3346127/us-investigators-search-epsteins-new-mexico-ranch-amid-allegations-buried-bodies?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:40:37 +0000 Alex Lo Alex Lo I am a sucker for all kinds of humour, including tasteless jokes. But I draw the line at sick jokes being reported as serious news. As far as those jokes go, the Monday appearance of US first lady Melania Trump as chair of a United Nations Security Council meeting takes the cake. The topic of her speech? Children, technology and education in conflict. She declared that the US “stands with all of the children throughout the world”. Seriously, you can’t make this stuff up. The cynicism and... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3345518/why-melania-trumps-un-speech-affront-decency?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3345518/why-melania-trumps-un-speech-affront-decency?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Mar 2026 21:30:08 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The US Justice Department on Thursday released additional Jeffrey Epstein files involving uncorroborated accusations made by a woman against US President Donald Trump that the department said had been mistakenly withheld during an earlier review. The department said last week that it was working to determine if any records were improperly withheld after several news organisations reported that the massive tranche of records that had been made public did not include some files documenting a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3345657/us-government-releases-epstein-files-include-uncorroborated-claim-about-trump?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3345657/us-government-releases-epstein-files-include-uncorroborated-claim-about-trump?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Mar 2026 03:43:20 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Former US president Bill Clinton said in sworn testimony released on Monday by a US congressional committee that he had no knowledge of the sex crimes of the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. Clinton also said President Donald Trump, a one-time close friend of Epstein, “never said anything to me to make me think he was involved in anything improper with regard to Epstein either”. Bill Clinton and his wife, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, were deposed last week by the Republican-led... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3345193/us-house-panel-releases-video-clintons-epstein-depositions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3345193/us-house-panel-releases-video-clintons-epstein-depositions?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Mar 2026 22:32:21 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Hillary Clinton used her forced appearance Thursday before a Republican-led panel probing Jeffrey Epstein to go on the offensive and demand US President Donald Trump testify about his own links to the sex offender. Clinton said after her deposition when asked if she was confident that her husband did not know of Epstein’s crimes, Clinton said “I am”. “I don’t know how many times I had to say I did not know Jeffrey Epstein,” she added. “I never went to his island, I never went to his homes, I... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3344784/hillary-clinton-calls-trump-testify-she-faces-us-house-epstein-panel?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3344784/hillary-clinton-calls-trump-testify-she-faces-us-house-epstein-panel?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Feb 2026 17:39:02 +0000 Sam Beltran Sam Beltran As Manila scrambles to investigate links between convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and a Philippines-based team he allegedly hired to scrub his criminal history from the internet, the revelation has cast an unwelcome spotlight on a relatively obscure industry. Emails released by the US Department of Justice have alarmed lawmakers in the Philippines over the potential exploitation of Filipino gig workers handling shady online-reputation work. The Philippine Department of Information and... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3344635/did-philippine-gig-workers-help-jeffrey-epstein-clean-his-online-image?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3344635/did-philippine-gig-workers-help-jeffrey-epstein-clean-his-online-image?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Feb 2026 03:00:11 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Former US Treasury secretary Larry Summers has resigned from his teaching post at Harvard University over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the Ivy League institution said on Wednesday. Summers, who ran the US Treasury under former president Bill Clinton, was revealed in the Epstein files released by the Department of Justice to have had extensive exchanges with the now-deceased financier. Clinton will testify before a congressional committee on Epstein on Friday while his... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3344654/ex-us-treasury-chief-larry-summers-quits-harvard-over-epstein-ties?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3344654/ex-us-treasury-chief-larry-summers-quits-harvard-over-epstein-ties?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:51:04 +0000 dpa dpa Norway’s former prime minister Thorbjørn Jagland has been admitted to hospital due to the stress caused by the Epstein scandal, the NTB news agency and others cited his lawyer as saying on Tuesday. Jagland is one of the most prominent figures to have been implicated by the release of files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Norwegian authorities are investigating allegations of serious corruption. The former top politician is said to have stayed at Epstein’s apartments in Paris and New... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344532/norways-former-prime-minister-hospital-following-epstein-files-disclosures?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344532/norways-former-prime-minister-hospital-following-epstein-files-disclosures?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Feb 2026 02:43:15 +0000 Reuters Reuters London police officers assigned to King ⁠Charles’ younger brother ⁠Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor were instructed to provide ⁠security for a dinner party at Jeffrey Epstein’s residence in New York in 2010, British media reported on Sunday. The Sunday Times, which first reported the story, cited emails from the Epstein files that ‌appear to detail arrangements for Mountbatten-Windsor to stay with the late convicted sex offender in December 2010, along with his two protection officers from London’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344277/uk-protection-officers-instructed-guard-2010-epstein-dinner-party-reports-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344277/uk-protection-officers-instructed-guard-2010-epstein-dinner-party-reports-say?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 22 Feb 2026 17:12:16 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Until Thursday morning, it had been nearly four centuries since the arrest of a senior British royal. On his 66th birthday, the late Queen Elizabeth’s favourite son was detained on suspicion of misconduct in public office. By evening, the former prince was released from police custody. But the ongoing investigation will unpick years of lurid allegations about Andrew’s ties to the disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein that have heaped embarrassment on his brother, King Charles. The arrest of... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344093/first-royal-arrest-centuries-presents-existential-crisis-uks-most-powerful-family?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344093/first-royal-arrest-centuries-presents-existential-crisis-uks-most-powerful-family?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Feb 2026 05:53:52 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The former prince Andrew was arrested and held for hours by British police Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office related to his links to Jeffrey Epstein, an extraordinary move in a country where authorities once sought to shield the royal family from embarrassment. It was the first time in nearly four centuries that a senior British royal was placed under arrest, and it underscored how deference to the monarchy has eroded in recent years. King Charles, whose late mother lived by... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344019/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-was-arrested-suspicion-misconduct-public-office?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344019/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-was-arrested-suspicion-misconduct-public-office?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:22:37 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has accused President Donald Trump of orchestrating a “cover-up” over files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to an interview with the BBC. “Get the files out. They are slow-walking it,” Clinton, who is due to testify before a Congressional committee on the issue, told the British broadcaster in an interview in Berlin published on Monday. The US Department of Justice last month released the latest cache of so-called Epstein files –... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3343783/hillary-clinton-accuses-trump-epstein-cover-insists-nothing-hide?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3343783/hillary-clinton-accuses-trump-epstein-cover-insists-nothing-hide?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Feb 2026 03:15:27 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell refused on Monday to answer questions from US lawmakers but her lawyer said she was prepared to speak if granted clemency by US President Donald Trump. Maxwell, 64, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking, was subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee to discuss her relations with Epstein. Rather than answer the committee’s questions, however, the former British socialite invoked her Fifth Amendment... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3342976/epstein-accomplice-ghislaine-maxwell-seeks-trump-clemency-testimony?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3342976/epstein-accomplice-ghislaine-maxwell-seeks-trump-clemency-testimony?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Feb 2026 18:41:19 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Britain’s King Charles is ready to “support’’ UK police examining claims that the former prince Andrew gave confidential information to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Buckingham Palace said on Monday. The statement came after Thames Valley Police said Monday that they were “assessing” reports that the former prince, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, sent trade reports to Epstein in 2010. The department, which serves an area west of London that includes Mountbatten-Windsor’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342973/uk-police-assess-claims-ex-prince-andrew-sent-sensitive-trade-records-epstein?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342973/uk-police-assess-claims-ex-prince-andrew-sent-sensitive-trade-records-epstein?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:55:35 +0000 dpa dpa The former British ambassador to the United States and former government minister Peter Mandelson is facing demands to hand back the payoff he received after being sacked as US envoy. The senior Labour Party figure was sacked over his relationship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, but anger in Westminster has intensified after the latest release of documents which indicated he leaked information to his friend while he was a government minister. Allies of Prime Minister Keir Starmer said... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342820/mandelson-epstein-scandal-demands-grow-ex-envoy-repay-us75000-severance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342820/mandelson-epstein-scandal-demands-grow-ex-envoy-repay-us75000-severance?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Feb 2026 08:19:50 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Nude photos. The names and faces of sexual abuse victims. Bank account and Social Security numbers in full view. All of these things appeared in the mountain of documents released Friday by the US Justice Department as part of its effort to comply with a law requiring it to open its investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein. That law was intended to preserve important privacy protections for Epstein’s victims. Their names were supposed to have been blacked out in documents. Their faces and bodies... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3342449/sloppy-redactions-epstein-files-leave-uncensored-nudes-take-dogs-name-out?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3342449/sloppy-redactions-epstein-files-leave-uncensored-nudes-take-dogs-name-out?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Feb 2026 03:07:23 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press British police on Tuesday opened a criminal investigation into politician Peter Mandelson over alleged misconduct in public office related to his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The UK government says newly released Epstein files suggest Mandelson – a former Cabinet minister, ambassador and elder statesman of the governing Labour Party – may have shared market-sensitive information with the convicted sex offender a decade and a half ago. London’s Metropolitan Police... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342282/uk-police-called-starmer-moves-expel-mandelson-over-epstein-leaks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342282/uk-police-called-starmer-moves-expel-mandelson-over-epstein-leaks?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Feb 2026 14:20:04 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Bill and Hillary Clinton will testify in a US House investigation surrounding deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a spokesman for the ex-president said, heading off a potential vote to hold the couple in contempt. They had originally refused to appear before lawmakers examining how authorities handled earlier investigations into the disgraced financier, who had connections and correspondence with the world’s business and political elite. “The former President and former Secretary of State... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3342167/clintons-testify-us-house-epstein-probe-ahead-contempt-vote?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3342167/clintons-testify-us-house-epstein-probe-ahead-contempt-vote?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Feb 2026 01:59:31 +0000 Reuters Reuters Britain’s former US ambassador, Peter Mandelson, received money from Jeffrey Epstein and ‍leaked a confidential government briefing to him, newly released files appeared to show, renewing scrutiny of his conduct in public office. Late on Sunday, Mandelson left the Labour Party to prevent “further embarrassment”, after he was fired from his envoy role last year after revelations about his connections to the late convicted sex offender. He said he had no recollection of any payments after the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342145/uks-starmer-demands-mandelsons-removal-house-lords-amid-new-epstein-scandal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342145/uks-starmer-demands-mandelsons-removal-house-lords-amid-new-epstein-scandal?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:59:12 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Sarah Ferguson, the ex-wife of Britain’s former prince Andrew, called late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein a “legend” and the “brother I have always wished for”, according to newly released documents. While the friendship between Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor – who was stripped of his royal titles last October – and Epstein has been in the spotlight for years, the latest emails released by US authorities appear to shine a new light on the extent of Ferguson’s ties. “I have never been more touched by a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342141/sarah-ferguson-called-epstein-brother-and-legend-new-emails-reveal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342141/sarah-ferguson-called-epstein-brother-and-legend-new-emails-reveal?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:54:29 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump threatened legal action on Monday against the host of the 68th Grammy Awards over the comedian’s comment on the US president and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. After congratulating Billie Eilish for winning the Grammy for Song of the Year for her track “Wildflower”, host Trevor Noah brought up Trump and Epstein. “Wow. That’s a Grammy that every artist wants – almost as much as Trump wants Greenland,” he quipped, referring to the president’s threats to seize the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3342093/trump-vows-sue-dope-trevor-noah-over-grammys-joke-linking-him-epstein-island?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3342093/trump-vows-sue-dope-trevor-noah-over-grammys-joke-linking-him-epstein-island?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Feb 2026 08:45:20 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Norway’s crown princess, whose son goes on trial on Tuesday on rape charges, has found herself embroiled in another scandal after newly unsealed files revealed her unexpected friendship with late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The latest scandal has even raised questions about whether Mette-Marit, a commoner who married Crown Prince Haakon in 2001, could still become queen one day. Her name appears at least 1,000 times in the millions of new Epstein documents released by the US Department of... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342063/latest-epstein-files-dump-reveals-embarrassing-friendship-another-royal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342063/latest-epstein-files-dump-reveals-embarrassing-friendship-another-royal?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Feb 2026 06:14:25 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Britain’s former prince Andrew was again engulfed by the Epstein scandal on Saturday, after newly released files included photographs of him kneeling on all fours over a woman lying on the floor. The images were among millions of new documents disclosed Friday by the US Justice Department from the Jeffrey Epstein files, which also featured the late sex offender proposing in 2010 that the then prince meet a Russian woman. That was two years after the disgraced US financier had pleaded guilty in... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3341967/uks-ex-prince-andrew-dogged-again-epstein-scandal-new-photos-surface?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3341967/uks-ex-prince-andrew-dogged-again-epstein-scandal-new-photos-surface?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 Jan 2026 16:56:36 +0000 Reuters Reuters The US Justice Department on Friday published millions of ‌new files related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including emails that show Howard Lutnick, President Donald Trump’s commerce secretary, apparently visited Epstein’s private island for lunch years after he claimed to have cut off ties. Todd ‍Blanche, the US deputy attorney general, said Friday’s massive batch of documents marked the end of the Trump administration’s planned releases under a law passed in November that... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341898/us-justice-department-releases-3-million-more-pages-epstein-files?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341898/us-justice-department-releases-3-million-more-pages-epstein-files?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 Jan 2026 16:32:05 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump raised his ‌middle finger and appeared to direct profanity towards a factory worker who expressed ‍criticism of his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein controversy at a Michigan auto plant on Tuesday, video circulating online showed. The entertainment site TMZ first published video capturing the exchange, and the White House did not dispute its authenticity. “A lunatic was ⁠wildly screaming expletives in a complete fit of rage, and the President gave an appropriate and... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339806/trump-flips-factory-worker-after-epstein-taunt?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339806/trump-flips-factory-worker-after-epstein-taunt?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jan 2026 02:50:44 +0000 Reuters Reuters Britain’s former US ambassador Peter Mandelson, who was dismissed over his ‌links to Jeffrey Epstein last year, apologised on Sunday to the victims of ‍the late convicted sex offender but not for his own actions. Mandelson was fired in September over emails that came to light revealing a much closer relationship than previously acknowledged. The veteran British politician ⁠called Epstein “my best pal” and had advised him on seeking early jail release. “I want to apologise to those women for a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3339520/uks-former-us-envoy-peter-mandelson-apologises-epsteins-victims-not-his-own-ties?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3339520/uks-former-us-envoy-peter-mandelson-apologises-epsteins-victims-not-his-own-ties?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 11 Jan 2026 19:21:12 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The US Justice Department said Wednesday that it may need a “few more weeks” to release all of its records on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after suddenly discovering more than a million potentially relevant documents, further delaying compliance with last Friday’s congressionally mandated deadline. The Christmas Eve announcement came hours after a dozen US senators called on the Justice Department’s watchdog to examine its failure to meet the deadline. The group, 11 Democrats and a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337670/after-missing-epstein-files-deadline-trump-admin-says-it-may-need-few-more-weeks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337670/after-missing-epstein-files-deadline-trump-admin-says-it-may-need-few-more-weeks?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Dec 2025 21:20:18 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump flew on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet “many more ‌times than previously has been reported,” according to an email from a New York prosecutor that forms part of a new batch of documents about Epstein released Tuesday by the US Justice Department. In an ‍email dated January 7, 2020, the unidentified prosecutor wrote that flight records showed Trump had flown on Epstein’s private jet eight times during the 1990s. Among those were at least four... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337549/trump-flew-epstein-jet-many-more-times-reported-newly-released-file-shows?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337549/trump-flew-epstein-jet-many-more-times-reported-newly-released-file-shows?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Dec 2025 17:11:04 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Thousands of new documents linked to the case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were made available Tuesday by the US Department of Justice (DOJ), amid mounting criticism over the pace of the publication and heavy redactions. The documents included a 2020 email from a prosecutor indicating US President Donald Trump had travelled aboard Epstein’s private jet “many more times than previously has been reported”. At least 8,000 files – around 30,000 pages – were posted online, including... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337534/us-releases-thousands-new-epstein-linked-documents?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337534/us-releases-thousands-new-epstein-linked-documents?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:39:11 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The US Senate’s top Democrat urged his colleagues on Monday to take legal action over the US Justice Department’s incremental and heavily redacted release of records pertaining to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer introduced a resolution that, if passed, would direct the Senate to file or join lawsuits aimed at forcing the Justice Department to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the law enacted last month that required disclosure of records by last... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337393/top-democrat-urges-senate-sue-over-justice-departments-staggered-epstein-files-release?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337393/top-democrat-urges-senate-sue-over-justice-departments-staggered-epstein-files-release?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Dec 2025 18:08:42 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US Justice Department officials on Sunday denied redacting the Epstein files to protect US President Donald Trump, as criticism mounted over the partial and heavily censored release of documents. Victims of Jeffrey Epstein have expressed anger after a cache of records from cases against the late sex offender were released Friday with many pages blacked out and photos censored. US Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday defended the release by the Justice Department, telling NBC’s Meet the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337250/top-us-official-defends-partial-release-epstein-files-democrats-cry-foul?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337250/top-us-official-defends-partial-release-epstein-files-democrats-cry-foul?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 21 Dec 2025 18:54:50 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press At least 16 files disappeared from the Justice Department’s public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, including a photograph showing US President Donald Trump – less than a day after they were posted, with no explanation from the government and no notice to the public. The missing files, which were available on Friday and no longer accessible by Saturday, included images of paintings depicting nude women, and one showing a series of photographs along a credenza and in drawers. In... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337205/least-16-files-gone-epstein-release-site-including-1-trump-photo?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337205/least-16-files-gone-epstein-release-site-including-1-trump-photo?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Dec 2025 22:26:16 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Saturday expressed anger after a long-awaited cache of records from cases against him were released with many pages blacked out and photos censored. The trove of material released by the US Justice Department included photographs of former president Bill Clinton and other luminaries in Epstein’s wealthy social circle including Mick Jagger and Michael Jackson. But blackouts across many of the documents – combined with tight control over the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337204/epstein-victims-angry-over-gaps-and-censorship-long-awaited-file-release?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337204/epstein-victims-angry-over-gaps-and-censorship-long-awaited-file-release?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Dec 2025 21:12:34 +0000 Reuters Reuters The US Justice Department released thousands of heavily redacted documents related to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday that made scant reference to President Donald Trump but extensively featured Democratic former president Bill Clinton. The absence of references to Trump was notable given that pictures and documents related to him have trickled out of previous Epstein releases for years. Trump’s name appeared in flight manifests listing passengers on... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337144/epstein-files-release-highlights-clinton-makes-scant-reference-trump?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337144/epstein-files-release-highlights-clinton-makes-scant-reference-trump?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Dec 2025 23:48:52 +0000 Khushboo Razdan Khushboo Razdan US President Donald Trump’s Justice Department on Friday released only a partial set of documents related to its investigation into convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein, an issue that has sparked the first major split between Trump’s Make America Great Again support base since he returned to office. The department was compelled by Congress to make the documents public after lawmakers passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act on November 19, a measure that required the disclosure... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3337136/trump-justice-department-release-partial-set-epstein-files-now?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3337136/trump-justice-department-release-partial-set-epstein-files-now?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:11:49 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press House Democrats released several dozen more photos on Thursday from the estate of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, showing his associations with the rich and famous, as the US Department of Justice faces a deadline to release many of its case files on the late financier by the end of the week. The photos released Thursday were among more than 95,000 that the House Oversight Committee has received after issuing a subpoena for the photos that Epstein had in his possession before he died... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336971/new-epstein-photos-show-lolita-quotes-written-womans-foot-and-body?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336971/new-epstein-photos-show-lolita-quotes-written-womans-foot-and-body?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:41:25 +0000 Agencies Agencies Democratic lawmakers released a selection of photos from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, including some of now-US President Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and the UK’s former prince Andrew. Trump is featured in three of the 19 photos shared by House Oversight Committee Democrats, who said they are reviewing more than 95,000 images produced by the estate. The panel released roughly 70 more photos later on Friday, including images of the disgraced financier’s home, Epstein taking a bath, a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336293/trump-clinton-and-ex-prince-andrew-seen-new-photos-epsteins-estate?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336293/trump-clinton-and-ex-prince-andrew-seen-new-photos-epsteins-estate?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:51:59 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Secret grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 sex trafficking case can be made public, a judge ruled on Wednesday, joining two other judges in granting the Justice Department’s requests to unseal material from investigations into the late financier’s sexual abuse. US District Judge Richard M. Berman reversed his earlier decision to keep the material under wraps, citing a new law that requires the government to open its files on Epstein and his long-time confidant Ghislaine... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335959/judge-orders-release-epstein-grand-jury-transcripts-under-trump-signed-law?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335959/judge-orders-release-epstein-grand-jury-transcripts-under-trump-signed-law?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:04:22 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The US Justice Department can publicly release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the long-time confidant of Jeffrey Epstein, a federal judge said on Tuesday. Judge Paul A. Engelmayer ruled after the Justice Department in November asked two judges in New York to unseal grand jury transcripts and exhibits from Maxwell and Epstein’s cases, along with investigative materials that could amount to hundreds or thousands of previously unreleased... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335808/judge-approves-release-ghislaine-maxwell-sex-trafficking-case-records?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335808/judge-approves-release-ghislaine-maxwell-sex-trafficking-case-records?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:00:10 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A US federal judge on Friday ordered the release of the grand jury transcripts from the investigation in Florida of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Justice Department requested the unsealing of the transcripts after US President Donald Trump signed a bill last month requiring the public release of all government records regarding Epstein. Grand jury proceedings are generally kept secret and a previous Justice Department request to unseal the transcripts from Epstein’s Florida case... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335429/us-judge-orders-release-grand-jury-transcripts-epstein-case?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335429/us-judge-orders-release-grand-jury-transcripts-epstein-case?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Dec 2025 21:09:22 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The US Justice Department on Monday renewed its request to unseal grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking cases, arguing they should be made public under a new law requiring the government to open its files on the late financier and his long-time confidante. US Attorney Jay Clayton cited the Epstein Files Transparency Act – passed by Congress last week and signed into law by US President Donald Trump – in court filings asking Manhattan federal Judges... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3334011/justice-department-renews-bid-unseal-jeffrey-epstein-grand-jury-materials?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3334011/justice-department-renews-bid-unseal-jeffrey-epstein-grand-jury-materials?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Nov 2025 23:39:59 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Left-leaning social media users have amplified an AI-generated audio clip purporting to show US President Donald Trump screaming at US officials to block the release of documents related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, researchers said on Friday. In recent weeks, renewed public furore over the so-called Epstein files has consumed US politics, spurring a showdown between lawmakers and Trump, a former friend of the late convicted sex offender. “Not releasing the Epstein files,” a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333807/ai-fake-audio-clip-trump-not-releasing-epstein-files-goes-viral?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333807/ai-fake-audio-clip-trump-not-releasing-epstein-files-goes-viral?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Nov 2025 16:00:08 +0000 Reuters Reuters The White House on Thursday defended US President Donald Trump after he called a female reporter “piggy” as she questioned him about the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, saying the president’s remarks reflected his frankness and transparency. In the exchange aboard Air Force One last week, which has since gone viral, Trump leaned towards the reporter, pointed his finger and said “Quiet, piggy” as she pressed him about a recently released Epstein email in which the New York financier... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333610/white-house-defends-trump-calling-female-reporter-piggy-after-epstein-question?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333610/white-house-defends-trump-calling-female-reporter-piggy-after-epstein-question?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Nov 2025 23:13:35 +0000 Agencies Agencies US President Donald Trump signed legislation on Wednesday that compels his administration to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, bowing to political pressure from his own party after initially resisting those efforts. Trump could have chosen to release many of the files on his own months ago. “Democrats have used the ‘Epstein’ issue, which affects them far more than the Republican Party, in order to try and distract from our AMAZING Victories,” Trump said in a social media... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333459/bondi-says-shell-follow-law-release-epstein-files-bill-heads-trump?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333459/bondi-says-shell-follow-law-release-epstein-files-bill-heads-trump?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Nov 2025 19:26:05 +0000