Major Epstein Files Update and Release

Good morning everyone. I have a critical update to share. Through the House Oversight Committee, we have obtained additional photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein files—and they reveal a deeply disturbing network of powerful individuals connected to Epstein, including Donald Trump.

These files are scheduled for public release in one week. Until then, I will continue to advocate relentlessly for the survivors and for full transparency. What we are releasing today is a major development, and you can find today’s bombshell below.

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This morning, the House Oversight Committee has released a new set of images obtained from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein. These images include images of Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, Bill Gates, Steve Bannon, and others. Some of the images are extremely disturbing in nature, and are part of a larger batch of documents that are set to be released to the public in one week. I am going to share some images below, some of them may be graphic, so please be advised before you continue to scroll. This is the release I received from the House Oversight Committee:

Below, I am including several images that reference Donald Trump as produced in today’s release:

Here is another image of the President of the United States on a plane:

These are the images released by the Oversight Committee including Steve Bannon, Trump’s senior advisor:

This is the image released containing Bill Clinton:

Here is an image of Epstein with Richard Branson:

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is set to resign from Congress in early January, has been quietly sounding out fellow Republicans about whether there is enough support to trigger a motion to vacate Speaker Mike Johnson, a procedural move that would require at least nine GOP members under current House rules.

Greene has denied publicly that she is organizing such an effort, but sources say she has grown increasingly critical of Johnson, accusing him of sidelining Republican women, mishandling government shutdown strategy, and failing to advance a clear GOP health care agenda or fully codify Donald Trump’s priorities.

While frustration with Johnson extends beyond Greene—reaching even senior Republicans like Elise Stefanik—lawmakers say the chances of success are slim due to fears of repeating the chaos following Kevin McCarthy’s ouster, limited time before Greene leaves office, and Trump’s continued public support for Johnson as speaker.

CNN has confirmed that the FDA is considering adding its most serious “black box” warning to Covid-19 vaccines, a move driven by Trump administration health officials that has alarmed public health experts, who say there is no scientific evidence justifying the warning and warn it could undermine confidence in vaccines that have saved millions of lives.

Trump said he would pardon former Colorado election clerk Tina Peters, who is serving a nine-year state prison sentence after being convicted on multiple felony counts for attempting to overturn the 2020 election, calling her a “patriot,” while Democratic officials responded that the president lacks authority to pardon state crimes and cannot nullify her conviction.

A federal judge ordered that Kilmar Abrego Garcia remain free from ICE custody, ruling the Trump administration lacked legal authority to detain or re-detain him without a valid removal order, blocking his arrest at a scheduled ICE check-in as he continues to fight deportation after a wrongful removal to El Salvador.

NBC News is report that an ICE enforcement surge in Minnesota has led to more than 400 arrests but exposed major challenges, including frigid weather, community protests, failed arrest attempts, accusations of racial profiling, and backlash from local leaders as agents face resistance while carrying out immigration arrests.

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Trump signed an executive order aimed at blocking states from regulating AI by empowering the Justice Department to challenge state laws, pressuring states to ease enforcement in exchange for federal funds, and pushing for a single federal standard to protect U.S. tech dominance—moves critics say could stifle meaningful oversight and face legal challenges.

A Miami Herald–Tampa Bay Times investigation found that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration diverted more than $35 million in taxpayer funds—much of it from child welfare, healthcare, opioid settlement and Medicaid-related sources—to pay for political consultants and a massive ad campaign opposing abortion and marijuana ballot amendments, actions critics say likely violated spending and procurement rules, misused funds meant for vulnerable Floridians, and amounted to electioneering disguised as public service announcements.

The U.S. seized an oil tanker near Venezuela and NBC News has confirmed that officials plan to bring it to a port in Texas, where it will seek to confiscate the sanctioned oil through a legal process while releasing the crew, escalating pressure on the Maduro regime.

The U.S. imposed sanctions on three nephews of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, a Panamanian businessman, multiple firms and ships accused of transporting Venezuelan oil, escalating its pressure campaign on the regime following the recent seizure of an oil tanker off Venezuela.

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Democratic lawmakers accuse, in exclusive reporting from The Guardian, the Trump administration of illegally intimidating non-citizens by compiling and sharing a VA database of all foreign-born employees and affiliates with immigration authorities, warning it could fuel fear, worsen staffing shortages, and lead to wrongful detentions or deportations of healthcare workers and even veterans.

See you this evening.

— Aaron

*A previous version of this newsletter was updated to remove references to the term “survivor” as it relates to the images with Donald Trump. Based on conversations I had, it is unclear if the women in the photos are survivors. Their faces have been redacted for privacy reasons.