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Attorney Alan Dershowitz lashed out at Jeffrey Epstein survivor Maria Farmer after news reports said she had been "redeemed" because documents released by the Department of Justice proved she had reported the sex offender years before he was arrested.

During a Tuesday Newsmax interview, Dershowitz began by taking issue with host Greta Van Susteren's description of Farmer.

"Can I correct something you said? You said that the woman... was vindicated? She wasn't vindicated!" the former Epstein attorney exclaimed. "This is Maria Farmer. She is a complete and total nut job. She believes the Holocaust didn't occur. She thinks Jews for all the world are pedophiles!"

"Of course, the FBI didn't believe her in 1996!" he continued. "She's a complete nutcase except to CNN. CNN has her on every day."

"And apparently to me, because I took the bait too," Van Susteren said, noting that she had interviewed Farmer.

"Maria Farmer said she saw me once in Jeffrey Epstein's house before I ever met Jeffrey Epstein!" Dershowitz bellowed. "I mean, she sees ghosts! This is a completely non-credible nut case that nobody should believe! Just because it's in the files doesn't make it true!"

"The same women, the same, what do they call themselves, survivors who claim that they want transparency. They want transparency for thee, but not for me. They don't want transparency about the women who themselves were procuring young girls for Jeffrey Epstein and getting paid $250. They don't want that kind of transparency."

Dershowitz acknowledged there were "real victims" in the Epstein case but downplayed their stories.

"Because no congressman, senator, and except for you and a few other people, no member of the media is prepared to get up and say, I doubt the words of these accusers, I doubt the words of these victims, I doubt the words of these survivors!" he complained.

"I mean, you're telling me that I got it wrong about this woman," Van Susteren said. "I mean, how do I know that?"

"Except that I'm lucky enough to have, you know, booked you," she added.

"If you dare, dare to suggest that some of these alleged victims and survivors are phonies, and they're making up stories for their own lining their own pocket, you're called a victim-shamer, and you're called an Epstein supporter. Well, I'm prepared to take that on. Where's the ACLU? They're supposed to defend civil liberties!" Dershowitz insisted.

The Department of Justice has said that a purported letter from Jeffrey Epstein to sex offender Larry Nassar was "fake" after the note suggested President Donald Trump preferred "young" girls.

The letter was part of a trove of Epstein documents released by the Justice Department this week.

"As you will know by now, I have taken the 'short route' home," Epstein allegedly noted in the letter. "Good luck! We shared one thing … our love & caring for young ladies and the hope they reach their full potential."

The DOJ seemed to be running interference for Trump as it quickly opened an investigation into the letter.

"The FBI has confirmed this alleged letter from Jeffrey Epstein to Larry Nassar is FAKE," the department reported several hours later. "The fake letter was received by the jail, and flagged for the FBI at the time."

"The writing does not appear to match Jeffrey Epstein's," the conclusion continued. "This fake letter serves as a reminder that just because a document is released by the Department of Justice does not make the allegations or claims within the document factual. Nevertheless, the DOJ will continue to release all material required by law."

The Associated Press, however, suggested the letter was real when it first reported on its existence in 2023.

In 2016, Vox reported that Trump had a history of "making disturbing comments about young girls."

"[I]n his mind, 21 is too old," former Miss Utah Temple Taggart asserted after meeting with Trump.

Conservative economist Stephen Moore, a former adviser to President Donald Trump, admitted that his wife returns from the grocery store "really angry" about food prices.

During a Tuesday appearance on "The Charlie Kirk Show," a viewer emailed in to complain about Moore's rosy view of the economy.

"It's food, Stephen!" the viewer insisted. "Go to the grocery store and tell me the economy is great."

"Yeah, no, look, I get that all the time, even from my wife," Moore responded. "My wife says, you know, she goes to the grocery store. She comes back really angry about, you know, the price of steak used to cost, you know, $12, and now it's $20, $25. So I get it. I feel your pain, folks."

Moore, however, argued that the economy was "headed in the right direction, but I understand people are angry when they come back from the grocery store."

" Trump keeps saying I'm going to bring prices down," he noted. "What he meant to say is I'm going to bring the rate of inflation down."

Emerald Robinson, a host on Mike Lindell's network, accused President Donald Trump of a "stain" on the presidency after she said he abandoned Jan. 6 rioters who were allegedly "beaten" during incarceration.

On Tuesday, Robinson began her show by claiming that Ryan Samsel "was arrested on totally trumped up charges on January the 6th."

"He was held in federal prison and mistreated by the prison guards there," she asserted. "Now this man was tortured by his own government, the federal government. Therefore, he is entitled to restitution."

She pointed out that Trump had promised to help the pardoned Jan. 6 rioters during his 20204 campaign.

"Yet Trump's Attorney General, Pam Blondie [sic], has done nothing," Robinson said. "In fact, she has just 14 days, two weeks, before the statute of limitations for Ryan and 699 other J6ers who were abused by the illegitimate Biden regime runs out. And those J6ers are left with the permanent scars and humiliation imposed upon them by a corrupt Marxist regime."

"And they suffered because they supported President Donald Trump's bid to remain president in 2020," she continued. "They believed, and rightfully so, especially after all the news we're seeing out of Georgia, that the 2020 election was rigged and stolen."

"He specifically mentioned this heinous abuse and said that something had to be done about it. So why is his DOJ not doing anything?"

Robinson called the lack of action "a huge black eye for the president" and suggested that some J6ers should receive settlements of $14 million or more.

"This will continue to be a stain on our Constitutional Republic until the Trump administration deals with it," Robinson insisted. "It looks like Pan Bondi is covering for the deep state on this and several other issues. I hope the president understands that if he does not prompt Bondi to action on this, it will be he, he who looks bad."

"People will slam Bondi, but it will be a stain on the president's legacy," she added.

President Donald Trump's administration will reportedly begin seizing wages from up to 5 million student loan borrowers who are behind on their payments.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education confirmed the plan to CNBC.

Borrowers' paychecks have not been at risk since the COVID-19 pandemic. The education department will begin sending out notices to around 1,000 defaulted student loan borrowers during the week of Jan. 7, CNBC reported.

The department has the power to seize up to 15% of the paychecks of defaulted borrowers.

During the first year of Trump's second term, job losses have soared, with more than 1.1 million jobs lost through November.

President Donald Trump's first-term Department of Justice declined to prosecute 10 of Jeffrey Epstein's "co-conspirators," according to files released this week.

On Tuesday, attorney Aaron Parnas pointed out that the revelation was from "by far the most important document released overnight."

"There were 10 co-conspirators investigated by the DOJ related to Epstein and Maxwell," he explained. "None of them were charged. We need to know why."

In a 2019 email titled "Epstein update," a group discussed the details of the second attempt to prosecute Epstein.

"Epstein's bail argument is due to the Judge on Thursday, the actual bail hearing will be on Monday," one person noted.

"Of the 10 co-conspirators, 3 have been located in FL and served GJ subpoenas; 1 in Boston, 1 in NYC, and 1 in CT were located and served. 4 of the 10 are outstanding with attempts having been made," someone named Sean replied. "1 is a wealthy business man in Ohio, a lead is being sent to CV; the remaining 3 are currently out of pocket."

"The 1-800-CALL-FBI line is up and running, we have received approximately 45 calls which we are in the process of vetting out. Let me know if you need anything else," the person added.

In a follow-up email, a prosecutor seemed to request "an update on the 10 co-conspirators by COB today."

"Can you tell us how many have successfully been located/interviewed/served with GJS? I believe the breakdown was 5 in New York, 1 in North Carolina, 1 in Boston, and 3 in Florida," the follow-up email said.

Former Rep. Nan Hayworth (R-NY) said she was "delighted" that President Donald Trump changed the name of the Kennedy Center and encouraged him to cover the building in gold.

During a Monday discussion on Newsmax, host Bob Brooks noted that Maria Shriver, a member of the Kennedy family, had condemned Trump for putting his name on the building.

"He saved the Kennedy Center!" Hayworth said of Trump. "And for everything that man is doing, you know, I am delighted to see him put his name on anything he likes, and he can gild the whole thing as far as I'm concerned."

Newsmax co-host Katrina Szish seemed to disagree.

"I only think about history," she remarked. "I think, okay, you know, maybe certain things should just stay the way they are, even if one president brings it back to life, even if another president does something else. I mean, at a certain point, you can't rename everything."

"Even if your last name is Trump," Szish added.

President Donald Trump's Department of Justice has sued the District of Columbia to end a ban on assault-style weapons, including the AR-15.

In a nine-page lawsuit filed on Monday, the DOJ's Civil Rights Division noted that "the District denies law-abiding citizens the ability to register a wide variety of commonly used semi-automatic firearms, such as the Colt AR-15 series rifles, which is among the most popular of firearms in America, and a variety of other semi-automatic rifles and pistols that are in common use."

The suit sought a "permanent injunction prohibiting all DC Defendants from arresting and levying fines against otherwise law-abiding citizens for possessing the AR-15 and all other firearms protected by the Second Amendment and being possessed or used for lawful purposes."

Attorney General Pamela Bondi argued that "DC's ban on some of America's most popular firearms is an unconstitutional infringement on the Second Amendment — living in our nation's capital should not preclude law-abiding citizens from exercising their fundamental constitutional right to keep and bear arms."

"Today's action from the Department of Justice's new Second Amendment Section underscores our ironclad commitment to protecting the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans," Bondi said in a statement.

A focus group of Gen Z conservatives supporting President Donald Trump recently praised Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler.

The Manhattan Institute's City Journal shared results from the focus group last week. On Monday, The Bulwark noted that City Journal had transitioned "from anti-anti-Trump, to Trump-curious, to pro-Trump" over the years.

"The kids respect Hitler," Bulwark editor Jonathan V. Last pointed out. "The guys are angry girls aren't into them. They want a Christian nationalist theocracy."

Ashley, a member of the focus group, called Hitler a "great leader" and was impressed by his "very strong leadership values."

"I'm in favor of a strong executive," Andrew volunteered to the group. "I think we should have a stronger executive branch. I don't think we should be killing people or doing mass genocide, obviously, but I do think we should have a strong executive."

He argued that the court system was one of Trump's "biggest problems."

"So I'm very pro-strong executive, strong leader, strong man," Andrew said. "I support national sovereignty, and Hitler was a nationalist. He was like, we have to take Germany back for Germans. And I feel like we should do that in America. We should take America back for our native population. So, I'm not an expert on Hitler by any means, but as far as nationalism is concerned, I'm all that."

Focus group member Lauren seemed to have a more sober view: "He made all of those people suffer, and I want to do ungodly things to people who do things like that."

When it came to Jewish people, Andrew insisted that they were "a force for evil."

Billionaire Elon Musk took time out of his busy schedule to claim his race was being discriminated against because The Associated Press does not capitalize the word "white."

In a post on Monday, Musk shared the complaints of someone who recently disagreed with the AP's 2020 explanation for capitalizing "Black" but not "white."

"AP style will continue to lowercase the term white in racial, ethnic, and cultural senses. This decision follows our move last month to capitalize Black in such uses. We consulted with a wide group of people internally and externally around the globe and considered a variety of commentary in making these decisions," the organization explained at the time.

"Anti-White racism like this just fuels more racism against White people," a commenter named Tanya wrote on X.

Musk shared the sentiment with more than 230 million followers, adding: "This is unfair!"

Over the past year, Musk has repeatedly focused on what he claims is anti-white discrimination.

In one case, he reposted the sentiments of right-wing influencer Tucker Carlson.

"There is systemic racism in the United States, against whites. Everyone knows it. Nobody says it. How come?" Carlson wrote at the time.

"Concerning," Musk replied.

Experts are speaking out against President Donald Trump's plan to announce a new "cool-looking" battleship.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Trump was expected to unveil plans for new "battleships" on Monday at Mar-a-Lago with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Navy Secretary John Phelan.

The new ships were said to be an upgrade to the Navy's Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and will align with Trump's plan to build a "Golden Fleet."

Retired Rear Admiral Mark Montgomery called the new $5 billion ships "exactly what we don't need."

"We do not need ships that are not optimized to provide lethality against the Chinese threat," Montgomery told the Journal, noting that the ship had "zero tactical use."

"That is not what these are focused on—they are focused on the president's visual that a battleship is a cool-looking ship," Montgomery said.

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman addressed whether it was "awkward" after President Donald Trump endorsed him as his second choice for New York governor.

During a Monday press conference, Blakeman expressed "respect" for Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) after she dropped out of the race for governor.

"The president endorsed you," one reporter noted. "Can you talk about that, and is it awkward that so many of the Republican leaders didn't initially support you, and now they are?"

"No, not at all, because most of the people who endorsed Elise did so before I got in the race," Blakeman insisted. "So people started to say, well, look, if this guy can win in a county with 110,000 more Democrats by 36,000 votes, maybe he's got the right message."

"[NY Governor] Kathy Hochul wants to talk about everything but her record," he added. "So I'm going to stay on target. I'm going to talk about my record. I'm going to talk about her record."

"People can compare the two records. And once they compare both records, I feel very confident that I'll be the next governor of the state of New York."

The Trump administration is expected to suspend leases for offshore wind farms after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed they interfered with military radar.

"Today we're sending notifications to the five large offshore wind projects that are under construction that they're going to be, their leases will be suspended due to national security concerns," Energy Secretary Doug Burgum told Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo on Monday. "But we've completed the work that President Trump has asked us to do."

"The Department of War has come back conclusively that the issues related to these large offshore wind programs have created radar interference that creates a genuine risk for the U.S., particularly related to where they are in proximity to our East Coast population centers," he added.

Trump has been a vocal critic of wind turbines, frequently referring to them as "windmills." He has expressed concerns about their environmental impact, noise levels, and effects on bird populations. Trump has also questioned their efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

Critics have called it a vendetta that stems from a legal battle he lost after the turbines appeared near one of his Scottish golf courses.

Hosts of the pro-MAGA Real America's Voice network agreed that the Kennedy Center should not be renamed until President Donald Trump is dead.

Hosts Emily Finn, Gina Loudon, Terrance Bates, and David Brody discussed the name change on Monday.

"Now, Congress does have the ultimate authority to change the name," Finn noted. "The new chairman of the Kennedy Center, Ric Grenell, is pushing back on this notion."

"There are also procedures and processes in place to change those," Bates explained. "Again, based on everything that I've read, it does appear that Congress has to ultimately approve a name changer. Congress would have to initiate the name change or pass a name change in order for it to become official."

"So my guess is it'll stay up there," Brody argued. "And then if there's a Democrat president, it'll get taken down."

Loudon suggested that the name change should not take place until after Trump died.

"I have to say, just for purposes of consistency, I am somebody who does not believe you should ever name anything ever after a living human. I don't agree with that at all," she said.

"I would say I do agree with that," Bates told Loudon.

Loudon insisted that former President John F. Kennedy "would be proud to share His name with President Trump of that building after how the Democrats desecrated it."

White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson offered her boss a pat on the back after his Department of Justice released a batch of files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Jackson's remarks came after Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche admitted that the DOJ would flout federal law by declining to release "all" of the Epstein files by Friday. It also came after President Donald Trump fought a bipartisan effort to see the files released.

"The Trump Administration is the most transparent in history," Jackson insisted. "By releasing thousands of pages of documents, cooperating with the House Oversight Committee's subpoena request, and President Trump recently calling for further investigations into Epstein's Democrat friends, the Trump Administration has done more for the victims than Democrats ever have."

"And while President Trump is delivering on his promises, Democrats like Hakeem Jeffries and Stacey Plaskett have yet to explain why they were soliciting money and meetings from Epstein after he was a convicted sex offender. The American people deserve answers."

Blanche told Fox News that "several hundred thousand" more files would be released in the coming weeks despite Friday's deadline.