DOJ's Inventory Of Unreleased Epstein Files Soars To 5.2 Million Pages

Already in violation of a statutory deadline and accused of engaging in rampant, unlawful redactions, it's been revealed that the US Department of Justice has about 5.2 million pages of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that still need to be reviewed, according to a document reviewed by Reuters and inside sources cited by the New York Times.

The Epstein Files Transparency Act, which was enacted in November, gave the DOJ a Dec. 19 deadline for releasing "all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials" relating to Epstein and his convicted co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell. It released some 100,000 pages on the due date, but now we learn that first batch represented a tiny 1.9% of the total inventory – before accounting for duplicates.

With Republican Rep. Thomas Massie and Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna in discussions with other members of Congress about potentially holding Attorney General Pam Bondi in contempt, the DOJ is scrambling to amass a legion of 400 lawyers to work on the enormous task. Those lawyers will come from the DOJ's Criminal Division, the National Security Division, the FBI and the US Attorney's office in Manhattan, according to Reuters, with a goal of hammering out the mass-review between January 5 and 23. Until now, the DOJ has had almost 200 lawyers from the National Security Division reviewing the files.

Of course, these extra lawyers being recruited into the project have other responsibilities, so the expectation is that they'll allocate three to five hours a day to the Epstein files. Volunteers will be enticed with time-off awards along with the option to work the Epstein project remotely.

.@AGPamBondi’s most egregious violation of the Epstein Files Transparency Act is not that she ignores the deadline…

it’s that she’s redacting names of accused sex offenders AND internal communications about decisions, wrongly citing old rules that are overridden by new law. pic.twitter.com/LDOmC2emho

The threat of contempt isn't the only form of heat Bondi and the Trump administration are facing. On Christmas Eve, a group of 12 senators sent a letter to DOJ Acting Inspector General Don Berthiaume demanding an audit of the DOJ's handling of the Epstein files.

Beyond pointing to the failure to meet the Dec. 19 deadline, the senators said the huge number of redactions in the released documents have raised "serious questions as to whether the Department is properly applying the limited exceptions for redaction that are permitted under the Act. Any withholding or redaction beyond those specified circumstances is against the law."

Does anyone really believe that Epstein and Maxwell were the only wrongdoers in this vast, sordid saga?

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/dojs-inventory-unreleased-epstein-files-soars-52-million-pages

Newsom's Massive Fraud Scandal No One Is Talking About

A fresh 92-page bombshell from the California State Auditor lays it all out.

“This latest report was issued by the state auditor, and that's a nonpartisan position; that state auditor now puts eight state agencies on the high-risk list of agencies to watch out for, for things like fraud and mismanagement as well as waste,” Newsmax correspondent Heather Myers revealed last week.

“Here's a look at that 92-page report. Newly added to the high-risk list is California's food stamp program. If the state doesn't get the improper payments under control, it could cost an extra $2.5 billion. Also on there is the Department of Finance, which was tasked with giving out COVID relief funds. Critics say $32 billion of that was taken by fraudsters. Then there are infrastructure issues like California's deteriorating dams, and also the high-speed train that's already cost taxpayers 18 billion without a single section of track complete.”

But wait, there’s more!

“Other reports cite $24 billion spent on the homeless issue that critics claim the state lost track of. More recently, there's a report that says California cell phone users paid a surcharge for years to upgrade the state's 911 system,” she added.

Tallied all up, California taxpayers lost $70 billion to fraud.

But here’s where things get really interesting. While pressure is on in Minnesota to get to the bottom of the state’s fraud, California seems to be under the radar.

Now get this. Right in the middle of the fraud apocalypse, a new ballot initiative seeks to impose a one-time 10% wealth tax on billionaires' assets.

“Billionaires are threatening to leave California, and it's all because of a possible new ballot initiative in the state. It's a wealth tax. A healthcare labor group is behind this push, calling for a one-time tax on billionaires equal to 10 percent of their assets. And right now, it does not have enough signatures to get on the ballot,” CNN’s Abby Phillip reported Monday.

“These are big numbers, just to let people know what we're talking about here. Larry Page, for example, he's worth $258 billion. His estimated tax would be $12 billion. Peter Thiel, worth $27 billion. His estimated tax would be $1.2 billion. That's not $1.2 in your pocket. It's billions of dollars. So, I mean, should they or should they not?”

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/newsoms-massive-fraud-scandal-no-one-talking-about

"Regulatory Theater": Meta Created 'Playbook' To Obscure Scam Ads From Regulators, Avoid Forced Verification

Last month Reuters revealed that roughly 10% of Meta's annual revenue, or $16 billion, comes from advertising scams and banned goods - as the company only bans advertisers when its systems detect a 95% probability of fraud, while charging higher ad fees to suspicious buyers - a system critics describe as “pay to play.”

Data from fraud-reporting firm SafelyHQ shows Facebook is cited in 85% of scam reports that identify a platform, with more than 50,000 verified complaints collected so far, which CEO Patrick Quade suggests an implied victim count in the "tens of millions."

Now, internal documents reviewed by Reuters indicate that Meta developed tools to both reduce scam advertising, and to limit regulators’ visibility into said ads after governments threatened measures that could severely cripple advertising revenue by forcing the company to reveal the identity of advertisers.

The efforts began last year after Japanese regulators highlighted a surge of scam advertising on Facebook and Instagram. The fraudulent ads included fake investment opportunities and artificial-intelligence-generated celebrity endorsements. Fearing that Japanese authorities might impose strict verification and transparency requirements that would materially affect its advertising business, the company launched an enforcement push aimed at reducing the number of fraudulent ads. At the same time, the documents show, the company focused on how those ads appeared to regulators.

The Ad Library and "Prevalence Perception"

Meta's remedy centered on its 'Ad Library,' a public database designed to allow users to search for ads running on Facebook and Instagram. Meta employees realized Japanese regulators were using keyword searches in the library as a simple measure of the company’s effectiveness at tackling scams.

To improve performance on that measure, Meta staff identified the keywords and celebrity names most frequently used by Japanese Ad Library users. They then repeatedly ran those searches themselves, deleting ads that appeared fraudulent from both the Ad Library and Meta’s platforms.

Internally, the documents describe this work as managing the "prevalence perception" of scams. The stated objective was to make problematic content "not findable" for “regulators, investigators and journalists.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/regulatory-theater-meta-created-playbook-obscure-scam-ads-regulators-avoid-forced

ByteDance Plans $14 Billion Nvidia H200 AI Chip Buying Spree As Computing Demand Soars

ByteDance plans to purchase 100 billion yuan ($14 billion) in AI chips in 2026, up from 85 billion yuan in 2025, with the bulk of spending directed toward Nvidia hardware, according to the South China Morning Post. The plan hinges on Beijing approving sales of Nvidia’s H200 GPUs in China. If approval is granted, Nvidia would need to scale up production of the China-tailored H200 with its manufacturing partner, TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company).

The Trump administration recently authorized exports of H200 AI chips to China under a controlled licensing rule, marking a significant shift from prior export curbs. Despite U.S. approval for exports, Beijing has not yet formally approved purchases of H200s by Chinese firms, and reports indicate that access may be restricted or that imports of AI chips may be discouraged to protect its domestic semiconductor industry.

SCMP reports that ByteDance is planning a massive AI capex push, with H200-related spending in the neighborhood of $14 billion. This comes despite the company operating a 1,000-person internal chip design team, which has made progress on a new processor but has not yet matched Nvidia’s performance.

Demand for computing power is surging across TikTok, Douyin, its cloud unit Volcano Engine, and its large language models, driving the need for more advanced chips.

Doubao, ByteDance’s chatbot, now processes more than 50 trillion tokens daily, up from 4 trillion in late 2024, while Volcano Engine serves over 100 enterprise clients and will be a top AI cloud partner for China Central Television’s Spring Festival Gala.

In a separate report, Reuters said Chinese technology companies have shown strong interest in Nvidia’s second-most powerful AI chip and hope shipments can begin before the Lunar New Year.

Reuters also noted that Nvidia holds about 700,000 H200 AI chips in inventory, while Chinese technology firms have ordered more than 2 million units for next year, prompting Nvidia to ask TSMC to increase production.

Beijing now faces a strategic balancing act: ensuring its tech giants use best-in-class chips to compete in the AI race against the West, while simultaneously promoting the adoption of domestic alternatives, including products from Huawei Technologies’ Ascend unit, Moore Threads Technology, MetaX Integrated Circuits, and Cambricon Technologies.

https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/bytedance-plans-14-billion-nvidia-h200-ai-chip-buying-spree-computing-demand-soars

Senate Majority Leader John Thune Faces FEC Complaint Over Alleged $1.1 Million Campaign Money Laundering Scheme

The Senate Leader has been accused of massive money laundering!

One of the best Freedom Fighters in America just dropped a “Truth Bomb”.

Investigative Reporter Peter Bernegger just released information that pertains to the “Pretend Republican” that is the “Senate Majority Leader.”

In this recent complaint to the FEC, Bernegger names both Thune and his treasurer.

In a December 26, 2025 dated tweet, Peter Bernegger stated the following:

“Senator @JohnThune I named your Treasurer, Nicole Weyers, in my complaint to the FEC on the money laundering into your campaign. I’m also referring her for alleged felony crimes from her position as Treasurer in your campaign committee. It’s going to be interesting about your bank your campaign committee used to launder the money.

Interesting John you went from college right into politics and never worked in the private sector. Then called for President Trump to drop out and let judas Mike Pence run for President instead.

‘Republican’ John Thune: never worked a day in the private sector for 40 some years yet wants to play with all our lives. He’s is also a big supporter of the fake, corrupt, Ukraine war — which the USA’s 3 letter agencies started. He is the one who has been blocking the vote to stop the weekly $40 million to the Taliban.”

Timeline of Allegations

12/26/25 – US Senator John Thune

From Peter Bernegger — A complaint was filed this morning against US Senator John Thune — the Republican Senate Majority Leader — to the FEC for Smurfing $1,148,902 into his campaign. Smurfing is criminal money laundering into political campaigns. Much of the money is coming from the US Treasury = you. @AGPamBondi unfortunately is not stopping this money laundering. So we are going to stop it.

12/22/25 – US Senator Mark Kelly

From Peter Bernegger — An FEC complaint has been filed against US Senator Mark Kelly for Smurfing, totaling a stunning $41,300,637. Political Committee C00696526, MARK KELLY FOR SENATE, has accepted 790,641 smurfed donor transactions totaling $39,246,003 from 46,697 unique smurfing donors. These transactions encompass 68.3% of the 1,157,117 available committee transactions and 36.6% of the $107,149,771 full committee transaction valuation.

9/18/25 – US Senator Adam Schiff

From Peter Bernegger — Caught US Senator Adam Schiff smurfing $20,332,426 into his campaigns. Smurfing is structured criminal money laundering by politicians into their political campaigns. They do it by stealing the identities of senior citizens. “Smurfs” are the victims — the elderly.

5/16/25 – Senator Tammy Baldwin

From Peter Bernegger — Exclusive: I have filed a complaint to the FEC against US Senator Tammy Baldwin for criminally laundering $36,820,755 into her campaigns since 2017. This is smurfing by Baldwin, where she is stealing the identities of senior citizens — called smurfs — who are victims in this scheme. Tied in is the corrupt DNC.

2/27/25 – US Senator Tammy Baldwin

From Peter Bernegger — FEC complaint filed, lawsuit filed: $36,820,755 criminally laundered.

2/27/25 – US Senator Lindsey Graham

From Peter Bernegger — FEC complaint filed, lawsuit being filed within days: $11,090,385 criminally laundered.

2/27/25 – US Senator Amy Klobuchar

From Peter Bernegger — FEC complaint filed, lawsuit being filed Jan 2nd, 2026: $9,633,912 criminally laundered.

2/27/25 – US Senator Elissa Slotkin

From Peter Bernegger — FEC complaint filed: $16,126,348 criminally laundered.

2/26/25 – US Senator Patty Murray

Peter Bernegger reports: Senator Murray caught smurfing — criminally laundering money into her campaigns.

2/25/25 – US Senator Raphael Warnock

From Peter Bernegger — Political Committee C00736876, WARNOCK FOR GEORGIA, has accepted 969,936 smurfed donor transactions totaling $57,345,638 from 65,074 unique smurfing donors. These transactions encompass 64.9% of the 1,494,773 available committee transactions and 35.3% of the $162,521,122 full committee transaction valuation. After the FEC does nothing, then I’ll file suit.

2/25/25 – Senator Ruben Gallego

From Peter Bernegger — Caught smurfing, i.e., criminally laundering money into his campaign. This is just the tip of the iceberg.

2/24/25 – Senator Jon Ossoff

From Peter Bernegger — @SenOssoff caught smurfing. The top 20 smurfs made a minimum of 197,223 contributions to Ossoff’s campaign just via ActBlue.

Why do you think that the Senate has stonewalled Trump’s appointees? Why do you think we are still funding the war in Ukraine? Did you know that John Thune posted the following tweet in October of 2016?

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/12/senate-majority-leader-john-thune-faces-fec-complaint/

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US To Fund $8.6 Billion Boeing Contract for Israeli F-15 Fighter Jets

The US Department of War announced on Monday that Boeing has been awarded a contract worth up to $8.6 billion to sell Israel new F-15 fighter jets as part of a deal funded by US military aid.

The Israeli Defense Ministry announced the initial deal in November 2024 and said it would be funded by US aid that was included in a massive foreign assistance bill President Biden signed into law earlier that year. At the time, the F-15 deal was valued at $5.2 billion and included 25 new F-15s.

The updated contract with Boeing has a ceiling of up to $8.6 billion since it includes an option to purchase an additional 25 F-15s. The Pentagon said in its announcement that the work on the fighter jets will be “performed at St. Louis, Missouri, and is expected to be complete by December 31, 2035.”

The US has continued to provide Israel with massive amounts of weapons despite its genocidal campaign in Gaza, which, according to several studies, has likely killed more than 100,000 Palestinians, including tens of thousands of women and children. US military aid and direct military intervention have also supported Israel’s wars in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iran, and the occupation of the West Bank.

According to Brown University’s Costs of War Project, in the two years following the October 7 attack, the US government spent at least $21.7 billion on military aid to Israel and another $9.65 billion to $12.07 billion on US military operations in the region in support of Israel.

https://news.antiwar.com/2025/12/30/us-to-fund-8-6-billion-boeing-contract-for-israeli-f-15-fighter-jets/

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This is what you get when Israeli military intelligence Unit 8200 runs your countries critical infrastructure

Israel Police Set to Indict Former IDF Top Lawyer Over Leak of Abuse Video

The investigation determined that former Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi can be charged with offenses including the illicit disclosure of official information by a public servant, obstruction of justice, abuse of office, fraud and breach of trust

Boaz Balat, head of the police's Investigations Division, is expected to present the findings to Police Commissioner Dani Levi this week. The investigation also found sufficient evidence to indict former Deputy Chief Military Advocate General Gal Asael, former Chief Military Prosecutor Matan Solomesh, as well as additional officers in the Military Advocate General's office. The meeting on the matter was originally scheduled for last week but was postponed.

The recently concluded investigation determined that Tomer-Yerushalmi can be charged with offenses including the illicit disclosure of official information by a public servant, obstruction of justice, abuse of office, fraud, and breach of trust.

https://archive.md/PwVDx#selection-959.0-959.245

Smotrich hails ‘full US support’ for illegal settler expansion in occupied West Bank

Trump said during his meeting with Netanyahu that the two did not agree ‘100 percent’ on the West Bank, but that the Israeli premier would ‘do the right thing’

The statement coincided with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the US and came after a meeting between Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump.

“We have had a discussion, big discussion for a long time on the West Bank. And I wouldn't say we agree on the West Bank 100 percent, but we'll come to a conclusion on the West Bank,” Trump said after the meeting.

When asked by reporters what the disagreement was about, Trump said, “I don't want to do that, it will be announced at an appropriate time.”

Netanyahu “will do the right thing,” the US president went on to say.

Since coming to power in late 2022, Netanyahu’s government has been rapidly advancing Israel’s longstanding goal of annexing the West Bank, which was occupied illegally during the 1967 war.

New illegal settlements are being established at an accelerated rate, and the Knesset has approved a bill calling to impose Israeli “sovereignty” over the territory.

Trump recently claimed that he would “not allow” Israel to annex the occupied West Bank.

“Trump and his top advisors asked Netanyahu to change Israel's policies in the occupied West Bank during their meeting on Monday,” informed sources told Axios on 30 December.

“The White House thinks a violent escalation in the West Bank would undermine efforts to implement the Gaza peace agreement and prevent the expansion of the Abraham Accords before the end of Trump's term,” the sources went on to say, adding that the US president's team asked the Israelis to “calm things down.”

“The president and his team raised settler violence against Palestinian civilians, the financial instability of the Palestinian Authority, and Israeli settlements expansion. Netanyahu spoke very strongly against settler violence and said he is going to take more action,” the sources said.

https://thecradle.co/articles/smotrich-hails-full-us-support-for-illegal-settler-expansion-in-occupied-west-bank

An injured police officer refused to give the 20-year-old Chabad emissary his gun during the attack; He told the officer: 'I know how to use a weapon. I’m from Texas. Let me shoot the terrorist and save people, otherwise we’ll both die'

https://www.ynetnews.com/jewish-world/article/rkdc11y74bg