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.... Massie also has an ally in Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., a fellow self-described libertarian who describes Massie as a good friend. “I’m a big supporter of his, and vice versa. I’m planning a 10-city tour with him in September to support him, and we will do what it takes. We both represent sort of the liberty wing of the Republican Party,” Paul said. “We want to make sure that we don’t allow anybody to come in and try to defeat him.” Paul is the only GOP senator who voted against Trump’s megabill because of debt concerns, but, unlike Massie,...

A federal judge on Monday denied the Department of Justice’s request to unseal grand jury materials in Ghislaine Maxwell’s criminal case. In his 31-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer, a Barack Obama appointee, says that the grand jury materials do not identify anyone other than Epstein or Maxwell as having had sexual contact with a minor. The DOJ request came as supporters of President Donald Trump have pushed for more disclosures related to Maxwell and her co-conspirator Jeffrey Epstein, the deceased financier and accused sex trafficker. Trump directed Attorney General Pam Bondi last month to release "any and...

Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell said nothing negative about President Donald Trump during her nine hour interview with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, ABC News reported on Wednesday. According to ABC’s sources, Maxwell told Blanche that “Trump had never done anything in her presence that would have caused concern.” The jailhouse interview took place over two days, last month, and and according to Maxwell’s attorney David Markus, she “didn’t hold anything back.” The Trump administration is reportedly considering releasing the transcripts from the interview to the public, but it’s not clear whether the administration plans to release the audio recording...

On Thursday, Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) introduced a resolution calling for the federal and state courts to release all available documents related to the Epstein files. Only redactions would be made to protect innocent victims. As TGP readers know, the Department of Justice has requested that grand jury records related to Epstein be unsealed. An Obama judge is currently demanding more information before permitting the release, however. One would think the Democrats would jump on this Mullin’s proposal, especially considering rumors that Trump is named in the files. But here’s what happened when Mullin officially introduced the resolution. “I ask...