David Leigh
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David Leigh
@davidleighx.bsky.social
Journalist.
Author of "Investigative Journalism: a survival guide" ( Palgrave) http://bit.ly/2lLQhSy.
Was Guardian Investigations Editor; ex-IMPRESS.
Posts are news not endorsements.
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and they want you to think that Epstein and Mandelson weren’t close friends for aeons
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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The great Geoffrey Bindman has died. Rest in Strength. www.google.com/url?q=https:...
Geoffrey Bindman and his pursuit of justice for all
From calling for Tony Blair to be tried to defending Gaza, Geoffrey always fought for everyone to have the rights they deserved
www.google.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Judge for yourself: did the dossier accusing the BBC of doctoring a Trump quote…doctor a Trump quote?
Left: Donald Trump’s Jan 6th quote, as presented in the dossier that brought down two BBC bosses

Right: What Donald Trump actually said.

Full story in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social: www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
November 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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"There is not a single word here about the BBC’s political, business, education, health, royalty, home affairs, climate change or crime coverage, or even Ukraine."

Read more as David Aaronovitch argues that the Prescott memo is unfairly selective.
https://bit.ly/47EP1Fu
The Prescott memo flunks the impartiality test | The Observer
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November 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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I don’t want to talk about the fact that Michael Wolff once wronged me. It’s water under the bridge, stuff happens. I wish nothing but the best to the secret advisor to a convicted sex trafficker and paedophile
November 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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The BBC should send Donald Trump a four-word reply to his blustering threat to sue the corporation for $1bn, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social: “See you in court.”
The four-word message the BBC should send Trump about his $1bn lawsuit
The corporation must show it will not be cowed, unlike American broadcast media, and call the president’s bluff
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Epstein claimed that Donald Trump ‘knew about the girls’ in private emails
Epstein claimed that Donald Trump ‘knew about the girls’ in private emails
Epstein claimed that Donald Trump ‘knew about the girls’ in private emails
www.independent.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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🚨BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes.

Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Good grief. Did Prescott really fake his own Trump quote?
Left: Donald Trump’s Jan 6th quote, as presented in the dossier that brought down two BBC bosses

Right: What Donald Trump actually said.

Full story in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social: www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This is worth reading if you want some of the actual facts behind the strange BBC row

observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
The Prescott memo flunks the impartiality test | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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EPSTEIN ON TRUMP: "Of course he knew about the girls"

Feels like we're going to see that on a few placards in the weeks and months to come.
November 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Trump ‘spent hours’ at Epstein’s house with victim of sex trafficking, email alleges on.ft.com/49lfk4N
Trump ‘spent hours’ at Epstein’s house with victim of sex trafficking, email alleges
House Democrats release new communications from late paedophile
on.ft.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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It begins. Clearly incriminating evidence against president of the United States.

Epstein to Maxwell, April 2, 2011:

"i want you to realize that that dog that hasn't barked is trump. [VICTIM] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned. police chief. etc."
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.
November 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Jeffrey Epstein alleged that Donald Trump knew about his crimes, newly released emails reveal – live updates
Jeffrey Epstein alleged that Donald Trump knew about his crimes, newly released emails reveal – live updates
In new batch of emails released by House Democrats, Jeffrey Epstein told Ghislaine Maxwell that Trump ‘spent hours’ at his house with one of his victims In a new batch of emails released by Democrats on the House oversight committee, Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald Trump knew about the late financier and sex-offender’s crimes. In the three emails released, Epstein apparently told his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell that Trump “spent hours” at his house with one of Epstein’s victims. In two other emails to author Michael Wolff, Epstein wrote that “of course he knew about the girls”, referring to the now-president. According to the exchanges, Epstein also solicited Wolff’s advice about how he should handle Trump discussing their friendship in an interview with CNN. “I think you should let him hang himself,” Wolff writes. “If he says he hasn’t been on the plane or to the house, then that gives you a valuable PR and political currency. You can hang him in a way that potentially generates a positive benefit for you, or, if it really looks like he could win, you could save him, generating a debt.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Epstein emails say Trump spent ‘hours’ with victim and asked Maxwell to ‘stop’: Live
Epstein emails say Trump spent ‘hours’ with victim and asked Maxwell to ‘stop’: Live
Epstein emails say Trump spent ‘hours’ with victim and asked Maxwell to ‘stop’: Live
www.independent.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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House Democrats on Wednesday released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald Trump had “spent hours at my house” with one of the convicted sex offender’s victims, among other messages that suggested Epstein believed Trump knew more about his abuse than he has acknowledged. nyti.ms/441Dyxh
November 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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What a stunningly apt and focussed response from DAG! Mustering the points with honed legal clarity helps us all consider this absurd campaign more clearly. I have been in and served courts in many ways, including libel. A corker!
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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New Epstein emails that mention Donald Trump have been released by House Democrats. As @diane2v.bsky.social wrote in September, the people often missing from the political debate are Epstein’s victims.
Epstein’s birthday book and the girls with no names
On the central cruelty of the ‘The First Fifty Years’ albums
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM