The House oversight committee has paused the deposition of former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday after political commentator Benny Johnson shared a photo of the closed-door hearing on social media. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), who sits on the House oversight committee, provided the photo of Clinton to Johnson, he said […]
The FBI obtained phone records belonging to Kash Patel and Susie Wiles when both were private citizens during investigations tied to President Donald Trump ahead of the 2024 election, according to officials familiar with the matter. An FBI spokesman, Ben Williamson, appeared to confirm the existence of the subpoenas in a post on X, publicly […]
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she does not recall ever meeting convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in her House Oversight and Government Reform Committee testimony opening statement. “The Committee justified its subpoena to me based on its assumption that I have information regarding the investigations into the criminal activities of Jeffrey Epstein and […]
Borge Brende, the chief executive officer and president of the World Economic Forum, will resign from his post after an independent investigation was conducted by the group over his ties to the since-deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Brende said in a statement he made this decision after “careful consideration” so the forum could continue […]
The Senate’s top Republican is calling for regime change in Iran as President Donald Trump weighs a range of military options to rein in Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. “In my view, if you’re going to do something there, you better well make it about getting new leadership and regime change,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) criticized Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio for becoming allies of President Donald Trump after being the “most effective critics” of the president. Newsom, who has said he is considering a 2028 presidential run, told MS Now his feelings about his possible opponents in the next presidential […]
One man with a violent criminal record was arrested after assaulting a New York Police Department officer during Tuesday’s snowball fight in Washington Square, a scene Mayor Zohran Mamdani described as “kids throwing snowballs.” The NYPD said Thursday that 27-year-old Gusmane Coulibaly was arrested for assaulting the officer in Washington Park and that Coulibaly had […]
On Wednesday, the Cuban Coast Guard announced it had killed four people and injured six after intercepting a speedboat licensed in Florida, an incident with the possibility of ratcheting up tensions between the United States and Cuba. The incident was first revealed by the Cuban Coast Guard, which claimed to have fired on the boat […]
The Justice Department this week pledged it would release certain files related to Jeffrey Epstein if the documents were “improperly tagged” not to be disclosed. The promise from the DOJ comes after the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), expressed concern that information about one of Epstein’s […]
Welcome to Thursday’s edition of Washington Secrets. Today we look at how the law firm Jones Day, which staffed up the first Trump administration and represented the president and his campaign in a string of lawsuits, has switched sides and the ethical questions that raises. We also dive into the court documents where we find […]
