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What were the latest developments in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. The Justice Department Friday released its latest investigative files into deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The DOJ said it released more than 3 million pages, 2,000 videos, and 180,000 images. But survivors say they want all of the Epstein files released. Civil rights attorney Gloria Allred represents many Epstein victims.
This is ridiculous because they have devastated so many of these survivors by publicly releasing their names. At best, it was a sloppy job. At worst, it smacks of a cover-up.
NPR reporters are reviewing the files, which contain unredacted names and photos of Epstein's victims, communication with powerful figures, and more mentions of President Trump before he was elected. However, being mentioned in those files is not a sign of wrongdoing or association with Epstein's crimes.
Across the country, residents and businesses are joining forces to protest immigration and custom enforcement the crackdown in Minnesota. Sarah Lehr of Wisconsin Public Radio reports.
At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, students staged a walkout to show solidarity. Among those students was Luca Stuart Mariucci, who's from a town just outside Minneapolis.
My home that I grew up in has been attacked by ICE.
Organizers had called for a day of no school, no work, and no shopping. That prompted some local businesses in Wisconsin and across the country to shut down. Calls to action have intensified after federal agents killed two Minnesotans earlier this month. For NPR News, I'm Sarah Lear in Madison.
Houston residents will head to the polls today to vote in a special election, this to fill the seat of the late Congressman Sylvester Turner, who died last March. Houston Public Media reporter Andrew Snyder reports the report has implications for the next Congress.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott delayed this special election to fill Sylvester Turner's seat until last November, claiming Harris County had a troubled record of conducting elections and needed the extra time. But many political analysts said Abbott was trying to preserve the GOP majority in Congress as long as possible.
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