These new developments do not prove that the substance of the victim’s allegations is true.
But, put into context with what we already knew about Trump and how the Epstein files have been handled, it suggests her claims should be taken seriously.
Since the initial release of the documents, two important developments have bolstered the credibility of the alleged victim.
This new information has received little national media attention.
Trump allegedly sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl who was trafficked to him by Jeffrey Epstein, according to documents released by the DOJ last Thursday.
The White House insists the allegations are “completely baseless“ and “backed by zero credible evidence.”
“Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.”
“At least eight states led by GOP election chiefs have so far refused the DOJ’s demands to hand over its unredacted voter rolls. State election chiefs from both parties are aligned in their concern over why the Trump administration wants state voter data.”
“People are leaving or avoiding living in states with abortion bans, a new paper shows — resulting in lower rental prices and higher vacancies than in states that protect reproductive rights.”
Instead, the Trump administration has offered a bewildering series of shifting, contradictory, and factually incorrect answers.
In just over a week, Trump and top administration officials have given at least 17 different responses about why the war began.
On February 28, Trump announced that “the United States military began major combat operations in Iran.” The war has claimed the lives of over 1,500 people.
And yet, 9 days into the war, Trump and his administration have failed to clearly answer the most fundamental question: Why did the war begin?
“They lost their jobs when Education Secretary Linda McMahon issued mass layoffs last year. Now 16 former Department of Education employees are challenging those actions in court, saying their terminations were politically motivated and violated the law.”
“Customs and Border Protection (CBP) bought data from the online advertising ecosystem to track peoples’ precise movements over time, in a process that often involves siphoning data from ordinary apps like video games, dating services, and fitness trackers.”
“A Haitian asylum seeker held for four months at Florence Correctional Center died Monday at a Scottsdale hospital due to complications from an infected tooth, a local official in Chandler said Tuesday.”
On February 28, the U.S. and Israel launched major combat operations in Iran.
Americans in 14 countries were not advised to evacuate until three days after the Trump administration began major combat operations. By that time, much of the region’s airspace and most airports had closed.
“Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has rescinded the Biden Justice Department’s policy that tightly restricted when law enforcement agents executing a search could take the exceptional step of bursting into a home without knocking first.”
“After abandoning its defense of President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting major law firms, the Justice Department abruptly reversed itself Tuesday and asked a federal court to let it continue defending the retaliatory orders.”
“A third of American workers now have access to some form of government-issued paid leave — the biggest share ever.”
Students who “aligned politically with President Trump” and were “willing to work hard” were strongly encouraged to apply, even if they had poor grades.
On Friday afternoon, Liberty University Law School emailed its first and second-year students about an “exciting opportunity to intern with the Department of Labor in DC.”
One important caveat: only passionate devotees of President Trump would be considered.
“No president in the modern era has ordered more military strikes against as many different countries as Donald Trump. He's attacked seven nations, three of which — Iran, Nigeria and Venezuela — had never been targeted by U.S. military strikes.”
“After moving manufacturing to the developing world to save on labor, Nike and other apparel brands are shifting employment in their Indonesian supply chain away from high-wage parts of the country and into less-developed areas.”
“The New York attorney general’s office has ordered a major Manhattan hospital to resume providing puberty-blocking medication and hormone treatments to transgender adolescents, just two weeks after the hospital had stopped doing so.”
With Trump a year into his term, the U.S. is nearing a right-wing cultural transformation — but not from a swing in popular sentiment.
Instead, it is one wealthy family that has used its roughly $200 billion fortune in an effort to acquire, consolidate, and control news and entertainment media.
In the hours before the strike, six newly-created accounts on the prediction market Polymarket raked in nearly $1 million by betting that the U.S. would strike Iran by February 28.
On February 28, the U.S. and Israel began major combat operations in Iran. For some, the consequences of this action were fatal.
For others, the beginning of the war was simply a money-making opportunity.
“All unaccompanied immigrant children who are pregnant, many by rape, are being moved to a single facility in Texas in order to avoid providing abortion services in a significant human rights violation, critics say.”
“Several high-ranking federal election officials attended a summit last week at which prominent figures who worked to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election pressed the president to declare a national emergency to take over this year’s midterms.”
“Given an opportunity by the Texas Legislature to set aside time each day for students and staff to pray, most school districts appear to have declined the offer.”
MBS’s influence with Trump has grown as the Saudi government has invested billions in projects that personally enrich Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
Despite the glaring conflicts-of-interest, Trump installed Kushner as a top negotiator with Iranian officials.
In private calls over the last several weeks, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) reportedly urged Trump to attack Iran.
The lobbying campaign achieved success on Saturday, when Trump announced he had begun “major combat operations in Iran.”
“[ICE] is struggling to keep pace with vetting new hires during its historic recruitment push and is laying out a process to deal with allegations of past misconduct among recruits, the agency said in an internal email on Monday, underscoring concerns about ICE’s rapid expansion.”
