Analyst says interest in Epstein files plummeted after war on Iran launched
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Republican US Congressman Thomas Massie has said, ‘Bombing a country on the other side of the globe won’t make the Epstein files go away.’
Before the United States and Israel launched their war on Iran five days ago, the fallout from files released by the US Department of Justice on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were reverberating around the world.
They ensnared a former British royal, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, and the former United Kingdom Ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, with both being arrested, rocking the Keir Starmer government.
Israel’s former Prime Minister Ehud Barak and numerous others have also faced intense scrutiny. Epstein’s deep links to Israel have prompted further allegations that he was an active Mossad spy.
And several leading figures in the US have resigned posts over connections to the disgraced financier.
US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick has agreed to give testimony to lawmakers about his ties to Epstein, the head of a committee investigating the late sex offender has said Tuesday.
China’s foreign minister tells Israel to end attacks; Russian FM Lavrov says no sign Tehran seeking nuclear bomb.
Lutnick’s relationship with the late financier and sex offender has come under scrutiny after files revealed closer ties than previously known.
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