FBI, Trump and Jeffrey Epstein
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A review ordered by President Donald Trump-appointed leadership of the Justice Department and the FBI found no evidence that notorious deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein kept a "client list" of associates whom he blackmailed or conspired with to victimize dozens of women, according to a new memo reviewed by ABC News.
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump will not recommend a special counsel in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, a White House spokeswoman said Thursday, turning aside calls for further action in an inquiry that has roiled the Justice Department and angered supporters who had been expecting a treasure trove of documents from the case.
Maurene Comey, a federal prosecutor in Manhattan and the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, has been fired from her job in the Southern District of New York, according to people familiar with the situation.
The president disavowed longtime backers who are furious over the administration's conclusion that the accused sex trafficker died by suicide in jail and did not possess a secret list of clients.
When the FBI investigated Jeffrey Epstein two decades ago, he “hired private PIs to investigate the investigators,” per one law enforcement official.
Donald Trump is suing The Wall Street Journal's parent company less than 24 hours after the paper reported on a 2003 letter he apparently sent to Epstein. MSNBC Senior Reporter Brandy Zadrozny, MSNBC Legal Analyst Catherine Christian,