prominent figures, many who had been previously linked to epstein, like former presidents bill clinton and donald trump, were named in the filings, though not accused of any wrongdoing. the documents stem from a civil defamation lawsuit that was settled in 2017 by virginia roberts giuffre against epstein s former confidant ghislaine maxwell. the unsealed filings contain a 2016 deposition from one of epstein s alleged victims, juwana schoberg. there was some new information that came out especially with respect to the deposition of joanna schoberg and understanding who she is in this whole epstein web. she was the primary accuser of prince andrew. many of this information was her firsthand accounts of what she had seen, observed and heard in her dealings with epstein. reporter: schoberg recalled that epstein spoke to her about bill clinton. quote, one time he said that clinton liked them young, referring to girls. when asked if clinton was a friend of epstein she said she
it. yeah. and go ahead. and that s the thing about this complaint, is the reason we filed the whistleblower reprisal complaint is because colonel matthews has been retaliated against because he brought forward his concerns to congress. and federal law does prohibit retaliation against military officers because they make a protected disclosure, meaning a disclosure of a violation of law, rule or regulation. so right now what we re doing is trying to ensure that nell matthews is being treated with the dignity and respect he should be afforded and we re looking forward to having these issues brought to light so that way the functions with the public knowledge of what happened on january 6th can allow for an independent investigation of all of these issues. that way army values can be ensured. i m a good boy. i m not a cry baby here. what happened to me is bad. but what i really care about is the army and about the army living up to itself. and my main dern was my memo came out
Arkansas ranks as the worst state in the country when it comes to food insecurity, according to a study put out Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The hunger issues in Little Rock are great, and the financial cost of helping people and families is growing beyond the ability of churches and volunteer groups to meet.
Editor s note: Brenda Looper usually writes her columns on Mondays, and since this Monday was Labor Day, she decided to take a little break. The original version of this column was published Sept. 18, 2019.