| MICHAEL CALDERONE,
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Few controversies have stuck to Donald Trump like the Jeffrey Epstein mess, with all eyes now on how the administration deals with Ghislaine Maxwell. The Epstein associate, who is currently serving a 20-year sentence, recently met with Deputy AG Todd Blanche and was transferred to a lower-security facility—all amid speculation about a future Trump pardon. VF’s Dan Adler caught up with lawyer David Oscar Markus, who is appealing her case to the Supreme Court and “waging Maxwell’s battle on social media and in the press.”
Elsewhere today, a spectrum of reactions to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s mRNA contract cancellation; Dean Cain’s new career move; and Hadley Hall Meares on the hidden case of a transgender baronet. |
For two days last month, Ghislaine Maxwell, one of her lawyers, and a top Justice Department official met in a Tallahassee courthouse. Backlash over the Trump administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files was cresting. The private interview did little to quell the increasingly prevalent idea that an unholy bargain between the president and Maxwell was being struck in plain sight: her assistance to former Epstein friend Donald Trump in exchange for her freedom, or something closer to it.
David Oscar Markus, the cheerful criminal defense attorney and onetime Alan Dershowitz mentee, speaks to Vanity Fair about the Jeffrey Epstein case: “I’m convinced she never would’ve been charged had Epstein not died in prison.” |
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The Emmy-nominated actor spoke to VF about playing dead men, whether he’ll appear in season two of Paradise, and what it’s been like to step back into his X-Men suit for the new Avengers movie. |
“This is what we voted for!” declared the world’s most infamous conspiracy theorist. |
This fall’s movies are drawing from some heavy hitters in the world of fiction—including classics from Ibsen and Shelley, and modern literary favorites by the likes of Maggie O’Farrell, Thomas Pynchon, and Denis Johnson. |
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A quintessential Scottish gentleman, Sir Ewan Forbes was a caring country doctor, a doting husband, a sportsman who excelled in riding, shooting, fishing, and Scottish dance, and whose ancient, rather eccentric aristocratic clan had deep ties to the British royal family.
But despite Ewan’s deep privilege, his journey was not an easy one. Ewan’s biggest battle would lead to an invasive court case that led to his ascendence as Baronet Forbes of Craigievar. The case would be shrouded in secrecy for years, and Zoë Playdon believes its implications set trans rights back decades.
Ahead, Hadley Hall Meares profiles the trailblazing nobleman for VF. |
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