“As I used to tell my clients preparing for testimony, ‘no’ is a complete sentence.”
MS NOW’s Senior Legal Reporter Lisa Rubin breaks down why she thinks Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s answers in a newly released transcript from an interview with the House Oversight Committee “are weird and potentially troubling.”
Lutnick has denied wrongdoing, and just as with other prominent individuals, his appearance in the Epstein files does not imply guilt.
MS NOW’s Senior Legal Reporter @lawofruby reports from West Palm Beach, Florida where House Democrats held a hearing with Epstein survivors, their families and other advocates not far from Jeffrey Epstein’s former home where he sexually abused girls. A survivor identified only as “Roza” came forward for the very first time.
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A suicide note purportedly written by Jeffrey Epstein was unsealed Wednesday by a federal judge. The document, made public for the first time, was originally sealed as a part of a criminal case against his cellmate Nicholas Tartaglione.
MS NOW has not authenticated whether the letter was written by Epstein.
MS NOW Senior Legal Reporter Lisa Rubin joins Ana Cabrera with more details.
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In a “Meet the Press” interview, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the second indictment of James Comey goes beyond the seashell photo the former FBI director posted on Instagram. Hear why MS NOW Legal Analyst @lawofruby questions that claim and says it’s not “clear to her” this case will ever get to a jury.
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The Supreme Court struck down Louisiana's new congressional map, a decision that could have large reverberations across the country.
MS NOW Senior Legal Reporter Lisa Rubin joins Ana Cabrera with more details on the decision.
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MS NOW’s @lawofruby explains why she’s not convinced the Trump DOJ’s second indictment against former FBI Director James Comey will succeed.
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Federal prosecutors charged the suspect in the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with three federal offenses, including the attempted assassination of a U.S. president and two federal gun crimes.
MS NOW’s @lawofruby has the latest.
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The Department of Justice’s watchdog will be reviewing the department’s compliance with a law mandating the release of the Epstein files.
MS NOW Senior Legal Reporter @lawofruby joins Chris Jansing to explain more.
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While the House Oversight Committee is trying to get ousted attorney general Pam Bondi to testify on how the Justice Department handled the Epstein files, MS NOW’s @lawofruby says they could get “mission critical” information from her replacement.
First Lady Melania Trump’s statement at the White House denying ties to convicted sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell put the Epstein files controversy back in the news in a big way.
MS NOW Senior Legal Reporter @lawofruby Rubin shares how the first lady’s statement encapsulates what’s known as the Streisand Effect.
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Pam Bondi is the second Trump Cabinet member to be ousted this term.
MS NOW Senior Legal Reporter @lawofruby breaks down some of the key moments that she says shaped Bondi’s time as attorney general — from her handling of the Epstein files to her targeting of the president’s critics.
A judge is temporarily blocking construction for President Trump's White House ballroom.
MS NOW Senior Legal Reporter Lisa Rubin joins Katy Tur to share more details on the ruling.
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