It’s Monday. Eight days until midterms. Here’s what’s going on:
House Judiciary Democrats just released a 53-page Epstein report with accounts from 11 women and a call for a special counsel
Lula wins a fourth term in Brazil, and Flávio Bolsonaro and Trumpworld cry “stolen”
Serbia’s students beat Vučić’s party, and María Corina Machado returns to Venezuela
Netanyahu reportedly clashes with his own army chief over Iran ahead of Tuesday’s election
CNN says Trump is prepping major Iran strikes, likely after the midterms
Gas prices are on track for the priciest Election Day in history
Early vote numbers look brutal for Republicans
A federal judge rules Trump’s DOJ illegally fired Maurene Comey
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The Epstein Report
This morning, House Judiciary Democrats under Ranking Member Rep. Jamie Raskin released a report titled “‘We Have Certain Things in Common, Jeffrey’: The Case Against Donald Trump Emerging in the Epstein Files and DOJ’s Desperate Efforts to Cover it Up.”
It draws on accounts from 11 women, FBI records, and documents released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The central claim is that Trump was an active participant in Epstein’s abuse of young women in the 1990s.
You can read the full report in its entirety here: