“Journalists and researchers will spend the next months ferreting through the Epstein files in search of further criminal conduct or a new conspiratorial wrinkle. But one truth has already emerged,” the New York Times reports.

“In unsparing detail, the documents lay bare the once-furtive activities of an unaccountable elite, largely made up of rich and powerful men from business, politics, academia and show business. The pages tell a story of a heinous criminal given a free ride by the ruling class in which he dwelled, all because he had things to offer them: money, connections, sumptuous dinner parties, a private plane, a secluded island and, in some cases, sex.”

“That story of impunity is all the more outrageous now in the midst of rising populist anger and ever-growing inequality.”

Wall Street Journal: “Security measures once reserved for presidents and royalty—safe rooms, biometric access controls, laser-powered perimeter defenses—are now mainstream items in luxury homes. Executive-protection teams and armed guards patrol gated enclaves and suburban estates, while tech startups are rolling out predictive threat-detection systems built for the ultra-wealthy.”

“The shift reflects a hardening view among the affluent: Traditional policing and communal safety are no longer enough, so security is being privatized, customized.”

“A man who took part in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol and later pardoned by Donald Trump was found guilty on Tuesday of multiple child sexual abuse charges in Florida,” The Guardian reports.

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) theorized that Ghislaine Maxwell, the associate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, would be “shot in the back of the head” if she was released from her 20-year prison sentence, NewsNation reports.

Said Burchett: “Maybe she gets out on good behavior and does a humongous book deal and probably ends up committing suicide by getting shot in the back of the head five times. Because I — this thing goes very deep and the people involved in it are very powerful.”

A 22-year-old woman found fatally stabbed on Saturday night was the daughter of Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Jeff Jounson (R), Minnesota Public Radio reports.

“A New York man accused of threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries pleaded guilty Thursday, a year after President Donald Trump pardoned him for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021,” the AP reports.

“Police have charged a Maryland man with attempted murder after he allegedly went to Office of Management and Budget director Russ Vought’s home,” CNN reports.

FBI Director Kash Patel is heading to Tucson, Arizona, as President Trump deploys federal resources to find “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Axios reports.

Ryan Routh, a Honolulu man who was convicted of attempting to assassinate President Trump two months before the 2024 presidential election, was sentenced to life in prison, the Wall Street Journal reports.

ProPublica published the names of the two federal agents who shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, with an editor’s note saying “few investigations deserve more sunlight and public scrutiny than this one.”

“The Justice Department opened a federal civil-rights probe into the death of Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse fatally shot by Border Patrol officers last Saturday in Minneapolis,” NOTUS reports.

“Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Friday that the FBI is leading the investigation, with the involvement of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division.”

“Luigi Mangione will not face the death penalty for allegedly fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a federal judge ruled Friday, delivering a blow to prosecutors,” NBC News reports.

The Justice Department has charged a man who squirted apple cider vinegar on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) at an event in Minneapolis, the AP reports.