I am deep in my review of the Epstein files this Saturday and can report urgent, exclusive developments. I am working around the clock to bring these updates, even as I received a warning from TikTok this morning for doing this work. If you are able to support my work, subscriptions directly sustain this journalism.
Earlier today, I broke a significant story that demands national attention. According to multiple folks I have spoken to, the White House is pressuring Congressional Republicans to remain silent on the Epstein files.
This intervention comes as Republicans prepare for a critical week. Pam Bondi is scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill on February 11, while Ghislaine Maxwell is set to be deposed on February 9.
Epstein survivors tell me that in meetings with Republican lawmakers, there was broad support for asking Bondi direct and difficult questions about the Epstein files. However, those same survivors later learned from a source within the Republican establishment that those questions would not be asked. Republican members have been instructed to avoid the Epstein files entirely and instead emphasize what were described as Bondi’s “positives.”
The question is unavoidable. Why would the White House be pressuring Republicans to avoid discussion of the Epstein files during Bondi’s testimony?
At the same time, additional Epstein related materials were released this afternoon. One image circulating appears to be a photograph taken by Epstein himself and sent to his own email. It shows a dinner in 2015 attended by Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.
Records indicate Epstein had planned a dinner that same year with Musk, Zuckerberg, and Peter Thiel.
In a separate 2018 email, Epstein appears to acknowledge being a sex trafficker without denial. In the message, he recounts meeting a woman working on a film about a sex trafficker on a private island and telling her directly that he was the subject of the movie, writing that she “almost fainted.”
New files also raise concerns about federal handling of Epstein related evidence. In March 2025, the Federal Bureau of Investigation discussed internally whether they had “clear and specific guidance” to redact images involving former U.S. presidents, a secretary of state, and other celebrities.
According to reporting by the Miami Herald, an 86 page Department of Justice prosecution memo listing possible Epstein co conspirators and victim allegations disappeared from the DOJ website after the paper questioned officials about its contents. The Department of Justice has not provided a public explanation.
As these developments unfold, a separate national security bombshell has emerged.
The Guardian reported Saturday that the National Security Agency detected an unusual phone call last spring between an individual associated with foreign intelligence and a person close to Donald Trump.
According to Andrew Bakaj, the attorney representing a whistleblower, the intelligence was brought to the attention of the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard. Instead of allowing the NSA to distribute the report through standard channels, Gabbard took a paper copy directly to White House chief of staff Susie Wiles.
Bakaj told the Guardian that one day after meeting with Wiles, Gabbard instructed the National Security Agency not to publish the intelligence report and instead directed that the classified details be transmitted solely to her office.
The Guardian reports that details of this exchange have not previously been disclosed, nor has Wiles’ receipt of the intelligence been publicly acknowledged.
According to Bakaj, a whistleblower contacted the inspector general on April 17 alleging that Gabbard had blocked highly classified intelligence from routine dissemination. A formal complaint was filed on May 21. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence did not immediately respond to The Guardian’s questions about the phone call or Gabbard’s handling of the intelligence.
Taken together, these developments raise serious questions about transparency, political pressure, and the selective suppression of information at the highest levels of government. As Bondi prepares to testify and Maxwell prepares for deposition, the silence being demanded may be as consequential as the files themselves.
