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Florida judge has ordered the release of documents from transcripts of the state’s grand jury proceedings held in 2006 against late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The documents, numbering almost 200, contain testimony from Epstein’s
victims and graphically detail his crimes. Grand jury documents in the
state are usually never unsealed, but a new bill signed by Gov. Ron
DeSantis allowing exemptions made it possible in the case of the Epstein.

What do Jeffrey Epstein’s documents reveal about Donald Trump?

The Epstein scandal has generated a lot of attention because of his
association with the rich and powerful. The recent unsealing is of
particular interest because of what it could potentially reveal about
Donald Trump, who has been documented to associate with Epstein in the
past.

Court documents released earlier this year included testimony regarding
whether one of the sex offender’s victims ever massaged the former
president.

In the deposition of Johanna Sjoberg, she spoke on the first time she
traveled with the disgraced financier, when they went to Atlantic City, New Jersey.

“Jeffrey said, ‘Great, we’ll call up Trump and we’ll go to’- I don’t recall
the name of the casino, but- ‘we’ll go to the casino,’” according to
Sjoberg’s testimony.

She said they went to a casino owned by Trump, where she was not allowed to enter due to being a minor.

Sjoberg was later asked if she massaged the Republican candidate, and she
twice replied that she did no such thing.

Trump’s relationship with Epstein

Trump has been photographed with Epstein, and the depth of their
relationship has been the subject of much discussion. A video released by
NBC News in 2019 shows the two enjoying themselves at a party held at
Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in 1992.

The Republican presidential candidate told New York Magazine in 2002 that
he had known Epstein for 15 years and described him as a “terrific guy.”

“He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful
women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side,” said
Trump.

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OLYMPIA, Wash. (KOMO) — Prosecutors in Thurston County filed charges Tuesday against an Uber driver who is accused of driving an intoxicated female passenger to a secluded area and raping her over the weekend.

Ahmed Hassan Ali, 58, of Seattle, faces one count of rape in the second degree and one count of kidnapping in the first degree with sexual motivation aggravating circumstance.

According to the arrest report, Ali was driving for Uber Saturday morning when he gave a ride to an intoxicated woman who was at a bar in Olympia.

Investigators allege Ali marked the woman’s ride as complete in the Uber app but kept her in the car and drove to 6th Avenue SE in an unincorporated area of Thurston County and raped her.

The victim’s family became alarmed when she did not arrive at the house and her father tracked her location to a parking area near the Nisqually River, the arrest report said.

The father and other family members drove to the location and found the woman unclothed in the backseat of Ali’s car, and Ali appeared to be pulling up his pants while climbing over the center console, according to the sheriff’s office report.

Investigators said family members assaulted Ali and took the woman out of the car. At some point during the confrontation, the victim’s father fired a gun twice, but the bullets did not strike anyone, according to the report.

RELATED:Rideshare driver shot at then arrested in rape, kidnapping of intoxicated passenger

Neighbors called 911 to report the gunfire and deputies stopped Ali’s vehicle as he was driving out of the area. A deputy noted that Ali was bleeding heavily from his head and hands when he was contacted, but the report notes Ali was in a hurry to
leave and initially refused medical treatment.

Prosecutors said in a court hearing Monday that Ali’s injuries were so severe that it was suspicious Ali would attempt to refuse medical care.

A judge set Ali’s bail at $100,000 at the hearing. Jail records show he posted the bail Monday night and was released from custody.

Ali is scheduled to appear at an arraignment on July 2.

Uber sent the following statement to KOMO News in response to Ali’s arrest:

The driver’s behavior is appalling and has no place in our society or on the Uber platform. We take reports of this nature very seriously and removed the driver’s access to the platform as soon as we were made aware of the incident. We have a
dedicated team standing ready to assist law enforcement with their investigation.

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