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President Donald Trump shared a skit from SNL UK, poking fun at UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
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Republicans have largely been on defense against Democratic criticism. Here are five arguments advanced by figures in both parties.
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As fallout from the Epstein files continues, we speak with investigative journalist Barry Levine, author of The Spider: Inside the Tangled Web of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Recordings of the House Oversight depositions of Bill and Hillary Clinton are set to be released today and tomorrow. The Clintons were called by House Republicans to testify on their relationships with Jeffrey Epstein, but Levine emphasizes that credible allegations tying either the Clintons or Donald Trump to Epstein's criminal activities are currently limited. Meanwhile, files known to contain allegations of sexual abuse of a minor by President Trump have been withheld or removed by the Department of Justice. Levine says that the focus on the Clintons is a political distraction targeted at Trump's "perceived enemies" while millions of documents on the Epstein case that could directly implicate his other associates have still not been released or unredacted for the public. "There are men who are out there who took part in the sex trafficking that have not been brought to justice," says Levine.
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 Jerritt Clark/Getty for Epic RecordsFaced with a growing mountain of sex-abuse lawsuits, lawyers for Sean "Diddy" Combs would very much like to know who's been saying what.
The disgraced mogul's team argues in a new court filing that, because of the "unique" aspects of the case—namely Diddy's "celebrity status" and "wealth," as well as the sheer volume of allegations—they should get to know the names of his accusers, The Guardian reports.
His attorneys say the "torrent" of claims "by unidentified complainants, spanning from false to outright absurd," has created a "pervasive ripple effect." They reportedly gesture toward recent efforts by Texas lawyer Tony Buzbee to sign up alleged victims: Buzbee says at least 120 people have come to him with complaints about the rapper, and on Monday, his clients filed six anonymous sexual assault complaints. Diddy's team wrote that "swirling allegations have created a hysterical media circus that, if left unchecked, will irreparably deprive Mr. Combs of a fair trial, if they haven't already."
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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