By STEPHEN GROVES, MATT BROWN and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press
The House is heading toward a vote on a bill to force the Justice Department to release the case files it has collected on the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. Lawmakers are pushing past a monthslong effort by President Donald Trump and Republican leaders to stop the effort. Many lawmakers say the Justice Department needs to release its case files on Epstein. They argue that the release could show that other people were aware or complicit in Epstein's sexual abuse. House Democrats and a few key Republicans have been able to force a vote on the bill to do that by using a rarely successful measure called a discharge petition.
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, LARRY NEUMEISTER and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press
Sean "Diddy" Combs was sentenced Friday to four years and two months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and "freak-offs." The judge said a lengthy sentence was needed for deterrence and that he was unconvinced that if Combs is released these crimes won't happen again. Combs, 55, was convicted in July of flying people across state lines for drug-fueled marathon sexual encounters. Jurors acquitted him of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges that could have carried a life sentence.
By LARRY NEUMEISTER, MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press
Sean "Diddy" Combs has pleaded not guilty to federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges. The indictment unsealed Tuesday says the music mogul abused women for over a decade and presided over a sordid empire of sexual crimes. Prosecutors want him kept behind bars following his arrest in Manhattan. The indictment details allegations dating to 2008 that he abused, threatened and coerced women for years "to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct." Recently, Combs has been sued by people who say he physically or sexually abused them. He's denied many of those allegations.
