Mega Edition: The Sarah Ransome Deposition From The Maxwell/Virginia Roberts Lawsuit (Part 14-16) (5/28/26)

Pam Bondi Points to Todd Blanche in Epstein Files Testimony (6/5/26)

Pam Bondi told House Oversight lawmakers that Todd Blanche, who served as her deputy at the Justice Department and whom Donald Trump plans to nominate as attorney general, was “in charge” of the DOJ’s handling and release of the Epstein files. Bondi said she did not personally conduct the document review and had delegated oversight of the process to Blanche, even as she defended the department’s broader handling of the records. Her testimony came amid continued criticism from lawmakers and survivors over redactions, disclosure mistakes, and the department’s compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Bondi acknowledged that there had been redaction errors, but insisted the department had been committed to accountability and transparency. The testimony also showed Bondi trying to walk a narrow line: distancing herself from the operational mistakes while denying that she was blaming Blanche. She praised him as ethical and described the review as a “Herculean task,” but the transcript backed up Democratic lawmakers’ claim that she repeatedly pointed to Blanche as the person managing the release. Bondi also said she learned about Ghislaine Maxwell’s controversial prison transfer from news reports and had nothing to do with it, rejected the idea of a Maxwell pardon, and refused to discuss private conversations with Trump. Afterward, Democrats urged House Oversight Chair James Comer to bring in Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel for questioning as the Epstein files fight continued to widen. to contact me: bobbycapucci@protonmail.com source: Pam Bondi claims Todd Blanche was ‘in charge’ of ‘entire release’ of Epstein files | Pam Bondi | The Guardian [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/04/pam-bondi-epstein-transcript]

A Senate Hearing Turns Combative Over Epstein’s Finances (6/5/26)

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent opened a Senate Finance Committee hearing by going directly after Sen. Ron Wyden, accusing him of attacking the Treasury Department over Epstein-related financial records while ignoring his own son’s past contact with Jeffrey Epstein. Bessent pointed to Adam Wyden’s 2016 meeting at Epstein’s Manhattan mansion, where Wyden reportedly sought backing for his hedge fund, and referenced an email included in released DOJ files. The confrontation came as Wyden has continued pressing Treasury over Epstein’s suspicious financial activity reports and broader money trail, arguing that the department is withholding material that could shed light on Epstein’s network. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent opened a Senate Finance Committee hearing by going directly after Sen. Ron Wyden, accusing him of attacking the Treasury Department over Epstein-related financial records while ignoring his own son’s past contact with Jeffrey Epstein. Bessent pointed to Adam Wyden’s 2016 meeting at Epstein’s Manhattan mansion, where Wyden reportedly sought backing for his hedge fund, and referenced an email included in released DOJ files. The confrontation came as Wyden has continued pressing Treasury over Epstein’s suspicious financial activity reports and broader money trail, arguing that the department is withholding material that could shed light on Epstein’s network. to contact me: bobbycapucci@protonmail.com source Scott Bessent goes scorched earth against Sen. Ron Wyden over Epstein claims [https://nypost.com/2026/06/03/us-news/scott-bessent-goes-scorched-earth-against-sen-ron-wyden-over-epstein-claims/]

New Mexico Subpoenas Federal Agencies Including The FBI And DOJ in Epstein Ranch Inquiry (6/5/26)

New Mexico’s Epstein Truth Commission has approved subpoenas for 14 entities as it digs into alleged sex trafficking, abuse, and institutional failures connected to Jeffrey Epstein’s former Zorro Ranch outside Santa Fe. The entities reportedly include the FBI, the DOJ, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, the New Mexico Department of Justice, JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, and the Santa Fe Institute. Lawmakers say the goal is to build a documented public record of what happened in New Mexico, who knew what, and whether federal, state, financial, or institutional actors failed to act while Epstein maintained the ranch for decades. The renewed scrutiny follows years of unanswered questions about why Epstein’s New Mexico property was never fully searched during earlier federal investigations, despite survivor allegations and later claims tied to newly released files. Testimony before the commission included alleged victim Rachel Benavidez, who said Epstein abused her after she was hired as a massage therapist at the ranch, along with relatives of survivors. The commission’s work is now positioned as both a fact-finding effort and a possible precursor to civil litigation, with New Mexico officials framing the inquiry as a survivor-centered attempt to finally examine the ranch, the money trail, and the institutional blind spots that allowed Epstein’s operation to remain largely untouched there for so long. to contact me: bobbycapucci@protonmail.com source: FBI, DOJ Among Agencies Facing Scrutiny as New Mexico Reopens Questions Around Epstein Ranch [https://www.latintimes.com/fbi-doj-among-agencies-facing-scrutiny-new-mexico-reopens-questions-around-epstein-ranch-597716#goog_rewarded]

The Jes Staley Admission and the Hard Questions Around Epstein’s Assistants (6/5/26)

Jes Staley’s admission that he had what he described as consensual sexual relations with one of Jeffrey Epstein’s assistants seriously undermines the narrative that Epstein’s trafficking operation had no outside beneficiaries. The issue is not simply whether Staley used the word “consensual,” but whether that woman was operating inside Epstein’s larger ecosystem of coercion, dependency, employment pressure, secrecy, and abuse. Epstein’s world was not a neutral social environment; it was a controlled system where staff, assistants, young women, powerful visitors, money, housing, and access all overlapped. If at least one assistant was abused or controlled by Epstein, then sexual access to someone in that role cannot be dismissed as an ordinary private encounter without asking whether Epstein’s power shaped the circumstances. Staley has not been convicted of trafficking and the full legal record still requires precision, but his admission creates a factual anchor that makes the old “Epstein never trafficked anyone to anyone else” defense look increasingly hollow. The broader point is that Epstein’s operation survived because powerful people and institutions repeatedly separated individual incidents from the machinery that produced them. “Consensual,” “no client list,” “no charges filed,” and “professional relationship” have all been used to narrow the public’s view of a scandal built around access, control, and institutional protection. Staley’s connection to Epstein was not a meaningless brush with a disgraced financier; it involved a relationship serious enough to draw regulatory scrutiny, and his admitted encounter with an Epstein assistant raises direct questions about whether Epstein’s financial, social, and sexual worlds were intertwined. Any serious investigation should ask when the encounter occurred, how it was arranged, what Epstein knew, whether the woman was dependent on or controlled by Epstein, and whether other powerful associates were given similar access. The admission does not prove every allegation, but it does shatter the comfortable claim that there is no public basis for asking whether Epstein’s powerful associates sexually benefited from the system he built. to contact me: bobbycapucci@protonmail.com

Mega Edition: Peter Mandelson's Epstein Denials Vs. The Record (6/5/26)

For years, Lord Peter Mandelson tried to minimize the depth and seriousness of his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, presenting it as a regrettable association from the past rather than an intimate, ongoing connection with a convicted sex offender. That version became harder to sustain as more material emerged showing that Mandelson’s relationship with Epstein was not casual, distant, or easily dismissed. A handwritten note in Epstein’s alleged birthday book reportedly referred to Epstein as Mandelson’s “best pal,” while later disclosures showed communications and financial links involving Mandelson’s husband after Epstein’s 2008 conviction and 2009 release from custody. The central problem for Mandelson was not simply that he had known Epstein, but that the public record kept suggesting a relationship far closer, warmer, and more durable than the carefully managed explanations he had offered. The released emails blew those denials apart because they appeared to show Mandelson engaging with Epstein as a trusted confidant and useful contact, even after Epstein was already publicly known as a convicted sex offender. What had been framed as an embarrassing old connection suddenly looked like a continuing relationship that raised questions about judgment, access, influence, and whether political elites were still willing to treat Epstein as useful despite knowing exactly who he was. The fallout was severe: Mandelson’s appointment as UK ambassador to Washington came under intense scrutiny, the vetting process became a political scandal, and the documents forced a broader reckoning over how much the government knew before putting him in such a sensitive diplomatic post. In the end, Mandelson’s problem was that the paper trail did what years of polished denials could not withstand: it made the relationship look less like a mistake from the past and more like a liability that powerful people had tried to explain away until the emails made that impossible.