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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Big news: Leon Black, who for years was Jeffrey Epstein's primary financial backer, has been held in contempt of Congress. This is the first instance of the US government taking action against one of Epstein's financial enablers. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/u...

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House Holds Leon Black in Contempt Over Epstein Subpoenas

Lawmakers unanimously agreed to the move without a formal roll-call vote just before leaving Washington to campaign for the midterm congressional elections.

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David Sleight @stuntbox.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Went to the park and finished @davidenrich.bsky.social’s Murder the Truth. An excellent, well reported account of the years-long conservative legal campaign to dismantle NY Times v. Sullivan, and why it matters for journalism. Highly recommend.

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18/05/2026

In January 2025, I spoke to @davidenrich.bsky.social about how independent news outlets like ours were bracing for an "onslaught" from Trump. Last April, I warned a room full of funders at SEJ that I had no faith I could safely make it back into that room the following year. I hate to be right.

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News Outlets Take Unusual Steps to Prepare for Onslaught From Trump (Published 2025)

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Award-winning investigative journalist kicked out of US by Trump administration.

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

To those who don't think the note sounds like something Epstein would say, he used a similar phrase with a childhood friend and his brother. www.justice.gov/epstein/file... www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

🚨🚨 Epstein's apparent suicide note, unsealed today at the request of @nytimes.com. "They investigated me for months. Found NOTHING!! It is a treat to be able to choose one's time to say goodbye. Watcha want me to do- Bust out cryin!! NO FUN--NOT WORTH IT!!" www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/n...

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Big @nytimes.com scoop: Jeffrey Epstein may have left a suicide note (before his first apparent attempt in July 2019), and it's been hidden from public view. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/u...

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Jeffrey Epstein’s Possible Suicide Note Hidden from Public View

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

My brother just published a book about his experience blowing the whistle at USAID. I am biased, but the book is gripping and important. Please read it. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Into-t...

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

My brother's book comes out tomorrow. Here's an excerpt. Wild stuff.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

When a USAID whistleblower told Trump people that it'd be hard to pull together accurate info on Malaria since DOGE had turned off access to the whole team who worked on that issue, one of the guys shouted “See, this is why, just because it might work at Twitter does not mean you can do it here!”

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Whistleblower says Trump officials thought USAID did 'just abortions,' asked for 'Barney-style' slides before gutting agency, per new book

Read an exclusive excerpt from Nicholas Enrich's "Into the Wood Chipper"

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health. 'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:

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Whistleblower says Trump officials thought USAID did 'just abortions,' asked for 'Barney-style' slides before gutting agency, per new book

Read an exclusive excerpt from Nicholas Enrich's "Into the Wood Chipper"

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

New: Leon Black has said he paid Jeffrey Epstein $170M for tax and estate planning. But a NYT investigation found that Epstein provided a range of other services as well, including helping Black obscure millions of dollars in payments to women. 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/b...

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How Epstein Helped Solve a Billionaire’s Problems With Women

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

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How Epstein Helped Solve a Billionaire’s Problems With Women

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

NEW: Federal investigators repeatedly missed chances to catch Epstein. In 2019 they pursued a limited case against him. And then they hardly looked at his financial and other enablers. Why the Epstein investigations took so long and did so little. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/u...

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Why the Epstein Investigations Took So Long and Did So Little

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

NEW: How Epstein used elite doctors and hospitals, including Eva Dubin and Mount Sinai, to manipulate young women. (Crazy story featuring an operation that took place on Epstein's dining room table.) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...

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Elite Doctors Served Jeffrey Epstein While Treating His ‘Girls’

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

NEW: Jeffrey Epstein cultivated a network of friendly Customs & Border Protection officers in the US Virgin Islands at the same time that he was allegedly sex trafficking there. The friendly relationships led to an FBI criminal investigation after Epstein's death. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/u...

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Epstein Built Ties to U.S. Customs Officers, Sparking Criminal Investigation

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Jeffrey Epstein directed an aide to procure hidden video cameras in 2014. “I’m installing them into Kleenex boxes now,” the aide replied. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...

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Epstein Directed Aide to Obtain Hidden Video Cameras

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

“You and I had ‘gang stuff’ for over 15 years. A great deal of it, that she was unaware of.” —Jeffrey Epstein in explosive letter to his onetime benefactor Les Wexner 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...

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‘Gang Stuff’ and ‘Illicit Trysts’: How Epstein Sought Leverage With the Wealthy

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

A group of fringe researchers thwarted safeguards at the NIH and gained access to genetic data from 20,000+ children – and they've used it to promote claims that white people are genetically superior. (by Mike McIntire) 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...

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Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science’

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of the Epstein files, per a new @nytimes.com poll. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Another day, another huge Epstein document dump. Follow along as a team of @nytimes.com reporters sifts through 29,000+ pages of newly released (and heavily redacted materials). www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...

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Epstein Files Live Updates: Trump Referenced in Some Newly Released Documents

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

At least 16 photos were removed. 12 from massage room. 1 of dining room credenza with Trump photo(s) in drawer. 1 empty hallway. 2 photos that include nude paintings.

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

The Justice Dept quietly removed 16 photos from the Epstein files. Twelve were of the notorious massage room in Epstein’s NY mansion. One is of an empty hallway. And one is of Trump. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/u...

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Epstein Files Photos Disappear From Government Website, Including One of Trump

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Follow along live as a huge team of @nytimes.com reporters goes thru the Epstein files. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...

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Live Updates: Justice Department Releases Trove of Epstein Files

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

New: Trump's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was much closer than previously known. Tons of new details unearthed in big @nytimes.com investigation by @nickconfessore.bsky.social et al. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...

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‘Don’s Best Friend’: How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Big new Jeffrey Epstein investigation just dropped: How he built his fortune based on scams and lies. New revelations about his ties to Clinton and Trump. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...

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Scams, Schemes, Ruthless Cons: The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

This is a great piece of investigative reporting ⤵️ ⤵️

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Our deep dive into the recesses of Epstein's inbox found repeated instances of him seeking to exploit his Trump relationship. "I am the one able to take him down," Epstein wrote in December 2018. 🎁🔗 @jsgatnyt.bsky.social @nickconfessore.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

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After Trump Split, Epstein Said He Could ‘Take Him Down’

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

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After Trump Split, Epstein Said He Could ‘Take Him Down’

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Shortly before Epstein was arrested on federal sex trafficking charges, his adviser sent him an email reporting that he had scrubbed through Trump's financial records. It's unclear why or how Epstein responded, but....interesting. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

New Epstein emails just dropped, and they involve Trump. 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

This @jasonleopold.bsky.social story is really interesting. The sealed court documents that @nytimes.com received last night provide more detail on the scope of this 2007 money laundering investigation. Here, for example, is Bear Stearns' internal record about the subpoena it received.

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Newly unsealed documents show that JPMorgan alerted federal regulators to potentially suspicious transactions involving Jeffrey Epstein and top Wall Street figures. [These documents were unsealed because @nytimes.com and @wsj.com fought together in court.] 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/b...

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JPMorgan Alerted U.S. to Epstein Transfers Involving Wall St. Figures

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

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JPMorgan Alerted U.S. to Epstein Transfers Involving Wall St. Figures

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Epstein document dump coming later today. A federal judge has granted @nytimes.com and @wsj.com requests to unseal records from litigation involving Jeffrey Epstein and JPMorgan. We have no idea what the documents will show, but we expect to receive them this evening. Stay tuned! 🍿

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

We also learned that Black paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to at least three young women who were associated with Epstein. Black wouldn’t answer @nytimes.com questions about the reasons for the payments. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/b...

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Money, Women and Taxes: Jeffrey Epstein’s Fiery Friendship with a Wall Street Titan

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

NEW: We obtained a trove of emails detailing Jeffrey Epstein’s relationship with the Wall Street billionaire Leon Black. The messages show Epstein demanding tens of millions of dollars from Black, insulting his children and advising on a settlement with a woman. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/b...

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Money, Women and Taxes: Jeffrey Epstein’s Fiery Friendship with a Wall Street Titan

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

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Money, Women and Taxes: Jeffrey Epstein’s Fiery Friendship with a Wall Street Titan

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Former Justice Kennedy speaks publicly for the first time about his son Justin's relationship with Trump. Justin worked at Deutsche Bank and helped arrange for Trump to borrow huge sums. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

The Qataris ultimately invested in several Witkoff deals. Witkoff’s son Alex recently solicited billions of dollars from Qatar and other Gulf countries for an investment fund. After @nytimes.com asked about it, Witkoff said it had abandoned the planned fund. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/b...

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Where Mideast Envoy Pitched Peace, His Son Pitched Investors

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

NEW @nytimes.com investigation: Trump’s Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff was the target of a Qatari influence campaign in which Qatar would invest in Witkoff real estate projects in order to gain entree to Trump’s inner circle. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/b...

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Where Mideast Envoy Pitched Peace, His Son Pitched Investors

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

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Where Mideast Envoy Pitched Peace, His Son Pitched Investors

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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

I experienced this last week & refused, saying I had never before been asked to provide the names of any analysts I was planning to quote to get a comment. Spox replied that maybe they were D donors. (In that case, it was 3 retired top military JAG officers.) I guess that was not a weird oneoff.

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Federal judge tosses Trump's lawsuit against the @nytimes.com, less than four days after it was filed. The ruling calls the lawsuit "improper and impermissible." Trump is allowed to refile a new, shorter complaint if he wants.

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Important context from @laurenhirsch.bsky.social about decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel ⤵️⤵️

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Senate Republicans hosted JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon for lunch today. About an hour later, House Republicans blocked efforts to subpoena JPMorgan for information about Jeffrey Epstein. www.politico.com/live-updates... www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

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Dimon says he would comply with Epstein subpoena

"We regret any association with that man at all," said JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon.

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Trump has filed a $15 billion lawsuit against @nytimes.com and several reporters for articles exposing his finances. The suit is part of the Trump admin's broader and rapidly accelerating assault on press freedoms. www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/m...

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