Lisa Rubin

Lisa Rubin is MS NOW’s senior legal reporter and a former litigator.


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1d ago
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Jeffrey Epstein’s accountant testifies before House committee

Richard Kahn is also an executor of the sex offender and financier’s estate. He has denied wrongdoing and knowledge of Epstein’s crimes.

2d ago
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DOJ site still missing documents with accusations against Epstein associates

A woman who alleged that Epstein sexually abused her for years also told federal law enforcement about incidents with then-bank executive Jes Staley and billionaire Leon Black.

7d ago
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As DOJ releases more Epstein documents, survivors brace for impact — again

Survivors and advocates doubt the Justice Department will adequately protect their privacy or safety.

2w ago
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Missing Epstein files include interviews with alleged Trump accuser

A woman who came forward in July 2019 to accuse Jeffrey Epstein of assaulting and raping her several times in the 1980s, beginning when she was just 13, is also a Trump accuser featured in the Epstein files.

3w ago
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Trump calls Supreme Court justices who ruled against tariffs ‘a disgrace’

In his address at the White House after the high court’s 6-3 decision, President Donald Trump said he was “absolutely ashamed” of the justices, whose ruling was a rare check on the president’s power.

4w ago
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How Obama’s former White House counsel became a legal advisor to Jeffrey Epstein

Emails have revealed Jeffrey Epstein lavished gifts upon Kathryn Ruemmler, but also received something valuable: legal advice from a nationally prominent attorney.

1mos ago
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Top lawyer, art world exec resign in more Epstein files fallout

Brad Karp, longtime chair of major law firm Paul, Weiss, and David Ross, former director of the Whitney Museum, said they’re stepping down.

1mos ago
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Sloppy redactions in Epstein documents are traumatizing survivors

An abuse survivor whose sensitive personal information was released in latest drop calls the Justice Department’s mishap “profoundly distressing.”

1mos ago
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Epstein survivors protest that DOJ violated privacy in latest document release

“The Justice Department cannot claim it is finished releasing files until every legally required document is released and every abuser and enabler is fully exposed,” they said in a joint statement.

1mos ago
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Justice Department releases 3 million more pages of the Jeffrey Epstein files

“There’s not some tranche of super-secret documents about Jeffrey Epstein that we’re withholding,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said, adding that the DOJ has “complied with the act.”