1 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:04,560 Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Claire Harvey with 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 1: the Front's afternoon headlines, What did Donald Trump know about 3 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and when? New emails between Epstein, 4 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:18,079 Speaker 1: a convicted child sex offender, and his girlfriend Gillan Maxwell, 5 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:22,080 Speaker 1: plus an author Michael Wolfe, have been released by Democrats 6 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:26,320 Speaker 1: in the United States. They don't suggest any wrongdoing by Trump, 7 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: who has always denied knowing about the crimes of his 8 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: longtime friend, but the newly released emails include a twenty 9 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 1: eleven claim from Epstein that Trump quote spent hours at 10 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:42,160 Speaker 1: Epstein's house with someone whose name was redacted. Congressional Republicans 11 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:47,199 Speaker 1: and the White House have identified that person as Virginia Dufrey. Gufrey, 12 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:50,479 Speaker 1: who died by suicide earlier this year, is a principal 13 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 1: accuser against Epstein, Maxwell and their friend Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, 14 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: the former Duke of York who's been stripped of his 15 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 1: status as a prince in the way of the publication 16 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:05,320 Speaker 1: of her memoir. Giuffrey met Gilen Maxwell while working at 17 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: Mara a Lago, the Florida resort owned by Trump. In 18 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:13,639 Speaker 1: her memoir, Giuffrey does not outline any sexual encounters with Trump, 19 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:18,680 Speaker 1: and in fact says Trump shunned Epstein and ended Epstein's 20 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 1: membership of Mara a Lago in two thousand and seven 21 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:25,759 Speaker 1: after Epstein hit on the teenage daughter of another member. 22 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:30,400 Speaker 1: His White House spokesman Caroline Leavitt, responding to the release 23 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: of the emails. 24 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 2: These emails prove absolutely nothing other than the fact that 25 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 2: President Trump did nothing wrong. And what President Trump has 26 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:42,039 Speaker 2: always said is that he was from Palm Beach and 27 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 2: so was Jeffrey Epstein. Jeffrey Epstein was a member at 28 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 2: Mara Lago until President Trump kicked him out because Jeffrey 29 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 2: Epstein was a pedophile and he was a creep. In 30 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 2: this email, you refer to with the name of a 31 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 2: victim that was unredacted now and has since been reported 32 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 2: on in this room. So I will go ahead and 33 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 2: say it Virginia Guffrey. And it was CBS's own reporting 34 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 2: WIJA that recently wrote that Miss Guffrey maintained, and God 35 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 2: rest her soul, that she maintained that there was nothing inappropriate. 36 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 2: She ever witnessed that President Trump was always extremely professional 37 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 2: and friendly to her, And so I think it's a 38 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:20,240 Speaker 2: question worth asking the Democrat Party and you should all 39 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 2: go ask them after this briefing of why they chose 40 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 2: to redact that name of a victim who has already 41 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 2: publicly made statements about her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and 42 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:30,799 Speaker 2: is unfortunately no longer with US. 43 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 1: Documents obtained by The Australian have revealed how the Federal 44 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 1: government prevented former Liberal Minister Linda Reynolds from properly defending 45 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:44,639 Speaker 1: herself against the allegations made by her former staffer Brittan Higgins. 46 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:48,800 Speaker 1: Letters from lawyers representing the Commonwealth and also purporting to 47 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 1: represent Reynolds gave Higgins an extension of time to commence 48 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: her claim for a settlement, which ended up being two 49 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: point four million dollars. Reynolds alleges this was against her 50 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: in instructions and done without telling her. That exclusive is 51 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:06,359 Speaker 1: live now at the Australian dot Com dot a U. 52 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 1: We all know the Schoolyards song Heyler as only, but 53 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 1: it turns out to be possibly true, signists say new 54 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 1: DNA analysis based on a bloody piece of cloth from 55 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 1: the sofa where Adolph Hitler died by suicide in nineteen 56 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 1: forty five has revealed the mass murderer and dictator had 57 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 1: Calman syndrome, a genetic disorder that hinders the normal progression 58 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: of puberty and the development of sexual organs. 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