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Democrats release more images from Jeffrey Epstein estate, including photos of writing on woman’s body – live

Latest image drop comes as pressure mounts on Trump’s justice department to release files

Democratic lawmakers will release more photographs from evidence gathered from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein if the Department of Justice fails to meet the Friday deadline to disclose investigative documents, Congressman Robert Garcia told CNN yesterday.

Speaking to Erin Burnett, Garcia said a petition to the federal court by Ghislaine Maxwell – Epstein’s convicted accomplice - to have her conviction on sex trafficking charges thrown out and to obtain a pardon do not trigger an exemption to the law Congress passed mandating a release of documents by the DoJ.

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© Photograph: House Oversight Democrats

© Photograph: House Oversight Democrats

© Photograph: House Oversight Democrats

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Once Again, Health Care Proves to Be a Bitter Political Pill for G.O.P.

The inability to find a credible counter to the Affordable Care Act has long bedeviled Republicans and cost them at the polls. It’s threatening to do so again next year.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

“It’s a complicated issue, no doubt about it, a lot of moving parts and we have very different visions about what health care ought to look like,” Senator John Thune, Republican of South Dakota and the majority leader, said.
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