COURIER covers the drop of new Epstein files and the Noem family scandal
Fake breasts, airport drama, and more
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It’s been a wild week. Photos of Kristi Noem’s husband wearing fake breasts went viral, a pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested due to disturbing child abuse content, and Getty removed this less-than-flattering photo of Karoline Leavitt after the White House complained (so of course we had to share it).
COURIER CEO and publisher Tara McGowan talked to American Freakshow author Nina Burleigh on Substack Live this week on all things Epstein and Burleigh’s groundbreaking reporting on the missing interviews of a woman who claims Trump assaulted her.
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