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U.S. Justice Department renews bid to have Jeffrey Epstein grand jury files unsealed
A demonstrator in Washington holds a sign demanding the release of the Epstein files in September. The U.S. Justice Department is again seeking to have the grand jury files in the Epstein case unsealed. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) The U.S. Justice Department renewed its request Monday to unseal grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking cases, arguing they should be made public under a new law requiring the government to open its files on the late financier and his longtime confidante. U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton cited the EpsteinRead more
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to plead guilty to espionage charge as part of deal with U.S.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will resolve a long-running legal saga that spanned multiple continents and centred on the publication of a trove of classified documents, according to court papers filed late Monday. In a statement Monday, WikiLeaks said Assange had left a British prison on Monday and flown out of the United Kingdom from London Stansted Airport. “After more than five years in a [two-by-three-metre] cell, isolated 23 hours a day, he will soon reunite with his wifeRead more