Leon Black Is Set To Appear Before Congress Today To Explain His Relationship With Epstein (6/26/26)

The Epstein Files Become Maxwell’s New Weapon (6/26/26)

Ghislaine Maxwell is trying to overturn her 20-year prison sentence by arguing that newly released Epstein files prove her conviction was unfair. In an amended habeas corpus petition filed in Manhattan federal court, Maxwell claims the documents show that her due process rights were violated before trial, including her argument that lawyers for Epstein’s accusers acted like “de facto prosecutors” and government agents. She is also reviving her long-running claim that Epstein’s 2007 non-prosecution agreement in Florida should have protected her from being prosecuted, even though courts have already rejected that argument. Federal prosecutors are pushing back hard, saying Maxwell’s latest claims are late, speculative, inaccurate, and do not prove that her trial was unfair. Maxwell also accuses prosecutors of failing to properly investigate witnesses and evidence, including by not interviewing Les Wexner, while claiming the newly released records show the government relied on misleading information. Judge Paul Engelmayer will review the petition, while Maxwell remains incarcerated at the minimum-security federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, with a projected release date in July 2037. to contact me: bobbycapucci@protonmail.com source: Ghislaine Maxwell claims Epstein files prove her conviction was unfair as she fights to overturn 20-year sentence | The Independent [https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/ghislaine-maxwell-epstein-habeas-corpus-appeal-b3002770.html]

Leon Black Is Set To Appear Before Congress Today To Explain His Relationship With Epstein (6/26/26)

Leon Black is scheduled to appear today before the House Oversight Committee as part of its continuing investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and the federal government’s handling of the case. The questioning is expected to focus on Black’s decades-long relationship with Epstein, including the extraordinary sums Black paid him for tax, estate, art, and financial advice after Epstein was already a convicted sex offender. Black has repeatedly denied wrongdoing, but his relationship with Epstein has remained one of the most glaring examples of how Epstein stayed attached to elite money and power long after his first conviction. The committee is also expected to press Black on the deeper financial questions surrounding Epstein’s operation, including Black’s $62.5 million settlement with the U.S. Virgin Islands and whether payments to Epstein helped fund or sustain Epstein’s activities in the Virgin Islands. Senator Ron Wyden recently referred findings from a four-year Senate Finance investigation to the House panel, urging lawmakers to ask whether Black had ever been under criminal investigation and whether Epstein’s money flows were tied to trafficking or hush-money arrangements. In that sense, Black’s appearance is not just another closed-door interview; it is a test of whether the committee is willing to follow the money instead of letting another powerful Epstein associate walk in, deny knowledge, and walk out with no real answers. to contact me: bobbycapucci@protonmail.com source: Lawmakers expected to press billionaire Leon Black about Epstein ties [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/lawmakers-expected-press-billionaire-leon-black-epstein-ties-rcna349204]

The Hidden Deals Protecting Epstein’s Powerful Friends (6/26/26)

Some of Epstein’s accusers reportedly signed confidential pre-litigation settlements with powerful men in Epstein’s orbit whom they accused of misconduct, and those deals included NDAs that keep them from speaking publicly. Members of the House Oversight Committee have discussed using subpoenas to force testimony about those settlements, because voluntary interviews with Epstein associates are not under oath and witnesses can refuse to answer certain questions. The number of secret settlements is unknown, but one person cited direct knowledge of settlements involving four Epstein friends accused by more than 20 women combined. The broader issue is accountability: these private deals may have allowed wealthy or connected figures to avoid public lawsuits, discovery, sworn testimony, and scrutiny, even as Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s operation left a long trail of victims. Attorney Brad Edwards said Epstein “lent out” women and girls to powerful men, while also emphasizing that some victims chose confidentiality because they wanted to move on rather than endure more public trauma. The House committee could try to pierce those NDAs with subpoenas, but that would require political will — and many survivors may not want to be dragged back into the media circus. to contact me: bobbycapucci@protonmail.com source: The secret settlements protecting Jeffrey Epstein’s friends - POLITICO [https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/25/secret-settlements-jeffrey-epstein-friends-00975274]

Mega Edition: The Prince Of Avoiding Consequences (6/26/26)

For years, Andrew was able to absorb the Epstein scandal without facing anything close to real institutional consequences, largely because his royal status gave him insulation that ordinary people would never receive. Even after his friendship with Epstein was public, even after the infamous 2019 BBC Newsnight interview turned into a reputational disaster, and even after Virginia Giuffre accused him of sexual abuse — allegations he has denied — the penalties were mostly managed as palace damage control: stepping back from public duties, losing some military affiliations and patronages, and then settling Giuffre’s civil lawsuit in 2022 without admitting wrongdoing. The monarchy treated him less like a man whose relationship with a convicted sex offender demanded full public accountability and more like a branding problem to be contained behind gates, statements, and silence. That changed only recently, when years of pressure finally broke through the royal firewall. In October 2025, Buckingham Palace announced that King Charles had begun the formal process to remove Andrew’s style, titles, and honours, that he would be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, and that formal notice had been served for him to surrender his Royal Lodge lease. AP later reported that Letters Patent dated November 3, 2025 formally removed his entitlement to use “Royal Highness” and the title “Prince,” a drastic step tied directly to renewed scrutiny over Epstein, Giuffre’s allegations, and Andrew’s long-standing judgment failures. So the story is not that Andrew faced swift justice; it is that he dodged meaningful consequences for years, while survivors, journalists, and public pressure kept forcing the issue until the palace finally decided his presence had become too toxic to protect. to contact me: bobbycapucci@protonmail.com

Mega Edition: How Did A Monster Like Epstein Score The Deal Of The Century? (6/26/26)

Prince Andrew has become a massive liability for King Charles because his Epstein ties are no longer a contained family embarrassment — they are a recurring institutional crisis. Every new disclosure, allegation, lawsuit reference, police assessment, or resurfaced photograph drags the monarchy back into the Epstein scandal and forces Charles to answer for why his brother was protected, housed, funded, titled, and publicly tolerated for so long. Charles has already taken extraordinary steps to isolate Andrew, including stripping him of royal titles and duties and forcing him out of Royal Lodge, but even those moves have not fully severed the damage because Andrew’s name remains attached to the Crown, the royal family’s judgment, and the monarchy’s credibility. The problem for Charles is that Andrew’s scandal cuts directly against the King’s effort to present a slimmed-down, disciplined, service-oriented monarchy. Instead, Andrew keeps reviving the image of a protected royal insider who moved through Epstein’s world, denied wrongdoing, settled with Virginia Giuffre without admitting liability, and then continued to generate questions about privilege, accountability, and institutional protection. The issue has even expanded beyond sexual-misconduct allegations into questions about whether Andrew shared confidential government material with Epstein while serving as a British trade envoy, giving the scandal a national-security and public-office dimension. For Charles, Andrew is not just a disgraced brother; he is a standing contradiction to everything the modern monarchy claims it wants to be. to contact me: bobbycapucci@protonmail.com