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Close House Republicans threaten contempt charges against the Clintons in Epstein probe

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor “should be prepared” to testify before Congress about his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Sir Keir Starmer said a day after the former prince was featured in the latest batch of files related to the disgraced pedophile financier.

Andrew invited Epstein to Buckingham Palace years after the financier was convicted of sex crimes. Pictures which appear to show him crouched over an unidentified woman were also included in the latest dump from the Department of Justice Friday.

A day after the documents were released, Miroslav Lajcak, the national security adviser for Slovakia’s prime minister Robert Fico, resigned when his past communications with Epstein appeared in the files. Lajcak, a former Slovak foreign minister and a onetime president of the U.N. General Assembly, denied any wrongdoing.

President Donald Trump is mentioned more than 3,000 times in the latest batch of files, which was made up of more than 3 million pages that include 2,000 videos and 180,000 images.

Being named does not imply wrongdoing, or suggest someone participated in Epstein’s crimes or knew of them. Trump has denied wrongdoing and has never been accused of a crime associated with Epstein.

davster39 on January 31st, 2026 at 11:55 UTC »

Trump's response: ArREsT ObAmA!!!!

reddittorbrigade on January 31st, 2026 at 11:47 UTC »

Unless you are a pedophile or you enjoy seeing kids being molested, you won't vote for Donald Trump who is a known child rapist.

Imaginary-Ad-7919 on January 31st, 2026 at 11:26 UTC »

Trump is a pedo