The Diddy Diaries

Bill Clinton’s February 27, 2026 testimony before the House Oversight Committee finally forced him to answer under oath about a relationship with Jeffrey Epstein that had generated questions for decades, but the proceeding hardly delivered the kind of exhaustive accounting the public had been promised. Clinton insisted that he had “done nothing wrong,” knew nothing about Epstein’s abuse and never witnessed anything that caused him concern, effectively asking lawmakers to accept that his repeated

The newly released Epstein records have put Harvard professor Martin Nowak back under intense scrutiny, not simply because of a bizarre 2014 email exchange about a “captured spy” and “torture,” but because the correspondence sits inside a much larger and more troubling relationship between Epstein, Nowak and Harvard. Nowak said the “spy” reference came from the computer game Civilization II and insisted that nobody had actually been captured or tortured, while saying he did not know what prompte

Ted Lieu accused Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche of potentially violating federal law after the Justice Department failed to produce a congressionally required report explaining what Epstein-related records remained withheld from public release. The dispute centered on congressional demands for greater transparency surrounding the government’s Jeffrey Epstein files and an apparent requirement that the Justice Department account for materials it had not disclosed. After the report failed to

The Metropolitan Police investigation into whether Peter Mandelson improperly shared confidential, potentially market-sensitive government information with Jeffrey Epstein had reportedly stalled because British investigators still did not have access to the unredacted Epstein files held by U.S. authorities. Scotland Yard had initially sought the material through informal law-enforcement channels before escalating the request into a formal mutual legal assistance process, which could take as long

Bryan Kohberger’s defense asked Judge Steven Hippler to postpone the scheduled August 2025 trial, arguing that the extraordinary size and complexity of the case had left his attorneys without enough time to adequately prepare. The defense pointed to the enormous volume of discovery still being reviewed, continuing changes and additions to the prosecution’s expert disclosures, unfinished investigation related to the potential penalty phase, and difficulties completing witness interviews and prepa

Bryan Kohberger’s defense asked Judge Steven Hippler to postpone the scheduled August 2025 trial, arguing that the extraordinary size and complexity of the case had left his attorneys without enough time to adequately prepare. The defense pointed to the enormous volume of discovery still being reviewed, continuing changes and additions to the prosecution’s expert disclosures, unfinished investigation related to the potential penalty phase, and difficulties completing witness interviews and prepa

Bryan Kohberger’s defense asked Judge John Judge to halt proceedings in the summer of 2023 while it investigated whether the grand jury that indicted him had been selected in violation of Idaho law. The first motion came after Kohberger was indicted on May 16, 2023, and his attorneys sought access to the full grand-jury record so they could examine how the panel had been assembled and whether there were grounds to challenge the indictment. The defense relied on Idaho Code § 2-213, which allowed

The Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein files has become a political disaster because years of promises about transparency ran headfirst into the Justice Department’s refusal to back the most explosive public expectations. Senior White House officials, including Vice President JD Vance, reportedly gathered without Trump in the Situation Room to manage the fallout after the DOJ and FBI said there was no “client list,” no confirmed blackmail operation, and that Epstein’s death was a sui

The Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein files has become a political disaster because years of promises about transparency ran headfirst into the Justice Department’s refusal to back the most explosive public expectations. Senior White House officials, including Vice President JD Vance, reportedly gathered without Trump in the Situation Room to manage the fallout after the DOJ and FBI said there was no “client list,” no confirmed blackmail operation, and that Epstein’s death was a sui

The Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein files has become a political disaster because years of promises about transparency ran headfirst into the Justice Department’s refusal to back the most explosive public expectations. Senior White House officials, including Vice President JD Vance, reportedly gathered without Trump in the Situation Room to manage the fallout after the DOJ and FBI said there was no “client list,” no confirmed blackmail operation, and that Epstein’s death was a sui

Anne Nord, Jade Miller and Rylene Nowlin were all forensic scientists associated with Idaho State Police Forensic Services who became part of the prosecution’s extensive forensic case against Bryan Kohberger. Nord and Miller were among a group of ISP laboratory employees identified as potential expert witnesses because they had performed or reviewed forensic testing connected to the investigation. Their work fell within the larger effort to process the enormous amount of physical evidence collec

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer threatened billionaire Leon Black with contempt of Congress if he continued resisting the committee’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. The dispute intensified after Black’s voluntary June appearance ended after roughly an hour when lawmakers from both parties said he refused to answer questions about nondisclosure agreements. Comer then issued subpoenas requiring Black to produce all NDAs to which he was a party and to return for a formal deposit

A federal magistrate judge recommended denying the government’s attempt to throw out a negligence lawsuit brought by numerous Jeffrey Epstein survivors against the United States over the FBI’s handling of warnings about Epstein stretching back decades. The women alleged that the bureau repeatedly failed to act on credible reports, beginning with Maria Farmer’s 1996 complaint that Epstein had sexually assaulted her, possessed child sexual abuse material and was abusing and trafficking young girls

A federal magistrate judge recommended denying the government’s attempt to throw out a negligence lawsuit brought by numerous Jeffrey Epstein survivors against the United States over the FBI’s handling of warnings about Epstein stretching back decades. The women alleged that the bureau repeatedly failed to act on credible reports, beginning with Maria Farmer’s 1996 complaint that Epstein had sexually assaulted her, possessed child sexual abuse material and was abusing and trafficking young girls

A federal magistrate judge recommended denying the government’s attempt to throw out a negligence lawsuit brought by numerous Jeffrey Epstein survivors against the United States over the FBI’s handling of warnings about Epstein stretching back decades. The women alleged that the bureau repeatedly failed to act on credible reports, beginning with Maria Farmer’s 1996 complaint that Epstein had sexually assaulted her, possessed child sexual abuse material and was abusing and trafficking young girls