Former US President Donald Trump told a Florida police chief in 2006 that "everyone" knew about the alleged behavior of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, according to an FBI document released in the latest batch of Epstein files. The document, a written record of a 2019 FBI interview, details a phone call between Trump and the former Palm Beach police chief following the department's investigation into Epstein.
The former police chief alleged that Trump called him and said, "Thank goodness you're stopping him, everyone has known he's been doing this," according to the FBI document. Trump, who was once friendly with Epstein but claims to have cut ties before Epstein's first criminal conviction, made the statement in 2006. The officer's name was redacted in the document.
In other news, the FBI has released images of a masked person in connection with the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of news anchor Savannah Guthrie. Authorities are seeking to identify the individual, who they say was armed, more than eight days after Guthrie disappeared from her Tucson, Arizona, home on January 31st. Savannah Guthrie stated that her family believes their mother is still alive and has appealed to the public for any information.
Meanwhile, Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Laegreid confessed on live television to cheating on his girlfriend moments after winning a bronze medal in the Winter Olympics. The 28-year-old, who won his first individual Olympic medal in the 20km individual biathlon at Milan-Cortina, admitted he had an affair three months ago, calling it "my biggest mistake." Laegreid told NRK, Norway's state broadcaster, that it had been "the worst week of my life" since he told his girlfriend of six months about the affair.
Elsewhere, a pilot is being praised after crash-landing a faulty Somali passenger plane on the seashore near the capital's international airport. All 55 people on board survived the incident. Starsky Aviation said the pilot's quick thinking was crucial in saving the 50 passengers and five crew. The aircraft, a Fokker 50, reported a problem shortly after takeoff from Mogadishu on Tuesday morning and requested to return. It then touched down but failed to stop on the runway.
Finally, a landmark trial began in California, examining the mental health effects of Instagram and YouTube. The world's largest social media companies have been accused of creating "addiction machines." In his opening argument, Mark Lanier, representing the plaintiff "K.G.M.," argued that his client suffered from mental health issues as a result of her social media addiction. "These companies built machines designed to addict the brains of children, and they did it on purpose," Lanier said. Lawyers for Meta and YouTube told the jury that K.G.M.'s addiction stemmed from other issues in her life.
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