Ex-fashion mogul and U.S. Special Envoy Paolo Zampolli has a long relationship with FashionTV, which Epstein nearly bought and whose founder Michel Adam Lisowski has been accused of multiple instances of sexual misconduct.
Jeffrey Epstein
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Bumping Bondi
There are several other Trump cabinet members even more deserving of dismissal. Who’s next?
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Newspapers Did Not Kill Themselves
New docs say Jeffrey Epstein collaborated with the Russian mob to loot the New York Daily News, then tried to help Mort Zuckerman discard it when reporting became inconvenient.
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Got Railroaded. Good.
Elite accountability is vital, even if it comes in a less-than-perfect package.
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Organized Money: The Epstein Class War
There’s a ruling class where the rules do not apply.
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The Quintessential Epstein Files Email
Jeffrey Epstein and his friends standing up for Mary Jo White against Elizabeth Warren tells you everything about the class war at the heart of the files.
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Former Economist Larry Summers
The American Economic Association banned him for life. Given how wrong Summers has been in every major area of policy advice, why did his public disgrace require the Epstein files rather than a reckoning with his serial failures as an economist?
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Is Trump a Lame Duck Yet?
He is clearly weaker—and also more dangerous. But the more Republicans are willing to stand up to him, the more his threats ring hollow.
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Companies Are Trying to Hide Their Ties to Larry Summers
Some fintech and energy startups haven’t announced that Summers is leaving; they just took him off their websites.
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The Prospect Weekly Roundup: The Shutdown Cave and the Next Health Care Fight
David Dayen and Prospect co-founder Bob Kuttner look at the politics and policy of the end of the government shutdown.