The DOJ released summaries and notes from FBI interviews a woman who made allegations against Jeffrey Epstein and Trump, according to an NBC News analysis.
President Donald Trump said his decision to fire Homelan.ÂAndrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images
Kristi Noem may be out at the top of the Department of Homeland Security, but Democrats are still demanding a âreckoning.â
Democrats met news of Noemâs ouster Thursday with a cascade of calls for accountability. They ranged from a potential probe into the legality ofÂcontracts cut during her tenure to a perjury investigation after her congressional testimony to even a push for impeachment to keep her from holding public office in the future.
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Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, announced last night that he willÂdrop his bid for re-election but will serve out the rest of his term in Congress following a tumultuous set of weeks for the congressman, who admitted having had an affair with an aide who later died by suicide.
"After deep reflection and with the support of my loving family, I have decided not to seek re-election while serving out the rest of this Congress with the same commitment Iâve always had to my district,â GonzalesÂsaid in statementÂon X."
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The Justice Department yesterday released previously unseen documents fromÂthe Epstein files that included new summaries and notes from interviews the FBI conducted with a woman from South Carolina who made allegations against the late sex offender and Trump, according to an NBC News analysis.
In a series of 2019 interviews with the FBI, the woman said she was a sexual assault victim of Jeffrey Epstein. She also alleged that she was assaulted by Trump in the 1980s when she was between the ages of 13 and 15.
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The president suggested last night that Homeland Security SecretaryÂKristi Noemâs ouster was less about her job performance and more about elevating Sen. Markwayne Mullin to the Cabinet post.
In his first public comments sinceÂhe fired Noem, Trump was complimentary of her year-plus tenure, while he also praised Mullin, R-Okla.
âSheâs a fine person. She did a good job. Iâm a big fan of the senator from Oklahoma. It wasnât a hard choice,â Trump said in a phone call with NBC News.
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