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Virginia Giuffre’s Family Responds to Trump’s Claim That Epstein ‘Stole’ Her

Lewis Kamb @lewiskamb.bsky.social · 5d

Claim: Trump admin promises "maximum transparency" on COVID origins records

Reality: After for weeks ignoring a federal court order to process 500 pages per month in our #FOIA suit, Trump's DIA just released 92 pages—58 of which we already had.

The rest? It looks like this...
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Lewis Kamb @lewiskamb.bsky.social · Jul 31

NYT: Virginia Giuffre’s Family Responds to Trump’s Claim That Epstein ‘Stole’ Her www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/u...

Exclusive | Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files

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Lewis Kamb @lewiskamb.bsky.social · Jul 23

WSJ: Justice Department told Trump in May that his name appears in the Epstein files

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Attorney General Pam Bondi told the president that the department also decided to not release more Jeffrey Epstein documents because of the presence of child pornography and the need to protect victim...

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Lewis Kamb @lewiskamb.bsky.social · Jul 22

RIP Ozzy

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Ozzy Osbourne, ‘Prince of Darkness’ Turned Reality TV Star, Dies at 76

FOI lawsuits on origins of Covid-19, gain-of-function research and biolabs

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Lewis Kamb @lewiskamb.bsky.social · Jul 11

This month, we've filed two FOIA lawsuits -- and are preparing a third -- against federal intelligence agencies for violating #FOIA provisions regarding our requests for public records
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U.S. Right to Know has filed these FOI lawsuits a part of our investigation into origins of Covid-19 and gain-of-function research.

Lewis Kamb @lewiskamb.bsky.social · Jul 11

In fact, our latest batch of records from the FBI, in response to a FOIA we sued over two years ago, is almost entirely redacted

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Paramount’s capitulation to Trump is a dark day for press freedom

Lewis Kamb @lewiskamb.bsky.social · Jul 11

Despite the Trump admin's pledge to make more COVID origins intelligence transparent & a federal law passed 2 years ago instructing U.S. intel agencies to declassify & share with the public as much info as possible, we're still getting records from the FBI that look like this:

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Lewis Kamb @lewiskamb.bsky.social · Jul 3

What’s the conspiracy theory?

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Lewis Kamb @lewiskamb.bsky.social · Jul 3

"It will be remembered as one of the most shameful capitulations by the press to a president in history."

@freedom.press's statement on CBS/Paramount's settlement with Trump

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Freedom of the Press Foundation plans to hold Paramount directors accountable for this affront to the First Amendment

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Lewis Kamb @lewiskamb.bsky.social · Jul 3

Of course not, though the emails indicate the decision of whether to take or not take credit for its discovery was made out of the political convenience

Lewis Kamb @lewiskamb.bsky.social · Jul 3

A few months earlier, they were taking credit for it
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Lewis Kamb @lewiskamb.bsky.social · Jul 3

Notable docs: Aug 2020 emails between UCD virologist Jonna Mazet & Peter Daszak, head of EcoHealth Alliance, in which they distance PREDICT from 2013 discovery of RaTG13 - then the closest known relative to SARS-CoV-2 (2/2)
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Lewis Kamb @lewiskamb.bsky.social · Jul 3

NEW Posted at usrtk.org: 6.5K+ pages of docs obtained from the University of California-Davis related to PREDICT -- the USAID-funded virus hunting project (which drew scrutiny during the COVID pandemic) that collected 10k samples from bats & discovered ~120 new coronaviruses from 2009-2020 (1/2)

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Bill Moyers, Presidential Aide and Veteran of Public TV, Dies at 91

Lewis Kamb @lewiskamb.bsky.social · Jun 26

One of the greats.
RIP
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On the Campaign Trail, Elon Musk Juggled Drugs and Family Drama

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Lewis Kamb @lewiskamb.bsky.social · May 31

While Elon Musk became one of Donald Trump’s closest allies last year, he was consuming so much Ecstasy, psychedelic mushrooms, Adderall and ketamine that it was adversely affecting his bladder, per @NYTimes www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...

White House Health Report Included Fake Citations

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Lewis Kamb @lewiskamb.bsky.social · May 30

White House Health Report Included Fake Citations www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...

Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner

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Reposted by Lewis Kamb

Gary Ruskin @garyruskin.bsky.social · May 28

Yesterday, we filed an appellate brief with the North Carolina Court of Appeals in our NC Public Records Act case against the University of North Carolina for roughly 50,000 pages of documents, mostly of Ralph Baric, possibly containing clues about the origins of COVID-19.
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Lewis Kamb @lewiskamb.bsky.social · May 28

Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner, via @kenvogel.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...

ICE, Shifting Tactics, Detains High School Student at N.Y.C. Courthouse

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Lewis Kamb @lewiskamb.bsky.social · May 28

ICE agents last week began showing up in immigration courts across the US to detain certain migrants who are appearing for scheduled hearings, targeting them shortly after their cases were dismissed by judges www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/n...

Justice Department reaches deal to allow Boeing to avoid prosecution over 737 Max crashes

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Lewis Kamb @lewiskamb.bsky.social · May 23

Justice Department reaches deal to allow Boeing to avoid prosecution over 737 Max crashes apnews.com/article/boei...

The Justice Department has reached a deal with Boeing that will allow the company to avoid criminal prosecution for allegedly misleading U.S. regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the pl...

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Lewis Kamb @lewiskamb.bsky.social · May 21

U.S. Formally Accepts Luxury Jet From Qatar; Trump Administration asks Air Force has been asked to figure out a way to upgrade it so it can be put into use as a new Air Force One for the president, per NYT
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U.S. Formally Accepts Luxury Jet From Qatar for Trump