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  • Epstein files take back seat in midterms but experts say issue has not gone away
    Other voter concerns have prevailed but return of Congress likely to see renewed focus on late sex offender’s activitiesAs US voters head to the polls for crucial and fraught midterm elections, some survivors’ advocates in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation have expressed concern that the scandal could recede into the background.Political experts believe, however, the Epstein issue is not going away permanently and that many voters can balance day-to-day concerns such as affordability and AI with
     

Epstein files take back seat in midterms but experts say issue has not gone away

24 octobre 2026 à 08:00

Other voter concerns have prevailed but return of Congress likely to see renewed focus on late sex offender’s activities

As US voters head to the polls for crucial and fraught midterm elections, some survivors’ advocates in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation have expressed concern that the scandal could recede into the background.

Political experts believe, however, the Epstein issue is not going away permanently and that many voters can balance day-to-day concerns such as affordability and AI with the scandal involving the late financier and accused sex trafficker whose social circle was widespread among America’s elite.

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© Photograph: Rafael Lopez/NurPhoto/Getty Images

© Photograph: Rafael Lopez/NurPhoto/Getty Images

She Planned to Protest Trump. She Didn’t Plan on Getting Punched.

24 octobre 2026 à 14:08
Blake Miley yelled “fascist” as President Trump spoke at a midterm campaign rally. The violence that followed “was not right,” she said.

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“I knew there was a really good possibility that this would happen,” Blake Miley said. “But I don’t blame myself. It is not right what they did to me.”
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