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San Francisco Chronicle

Newspaper serving the San Francisco Bay area

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Nov 16, 2025
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DID CONGRESS ASK TRUMP TO RESIGN

Available reporting in the provided search results shows multiple instances where members of Congress, state officials, and civic groups publicly urged President Trump or Trump administration official...

Nov 23, 2025
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Has Gavin Newsom faced credible adultery or infidelity allegations in major media investigations?

Major media reporting documents a widely reported 2007 affair by then–San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom with a staffer, Ruby Rippey (later Gibney), who was married to a close aide; Newsom publicly ackn...

Jan 16, 2026
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How many cases of ice deporting American citizens in 2025

There is no authoritative, publicly available count of how many U.S. citizens were deported by ICE in 2025; reporting documents multiple high-profile wrongful detentions and deportations but governmen...

Dec 10, 2025

Who is Katie Johnson attorney and what evidence supports her allegations?

Katie Johnson is a name that appears in multiple legal and professional listings for different lawyers around the U.S., but the “Katie Johnson” at the center of revived headlines is an anonymous plain...

Dec 6, 2025

Is us citizens getting deported by ice

Reports and agency data show ICE arrests, detentions and removals rose sharply in 2025 and that there are documented cases — and multiple news and congressional sources alleging a growing pattern — of...

Oct 28, 2025

How did Gavin Newsom's family influence his career path?

Executive Summary Gavin Newsom’s family connections to established California power networks — notably the Gettys and Pelosies — and his father’s role as an attorney and judge provided that materially...

Dec 4, 2025

How many Coca-Cola bottling plants closed in 2025 and where were they located

Available reporting shows at least three Coca‑Cola bottling or production sites closed in 2025: American Canyon (Napa County), Modesto (California) and a Salinas distribution site — with additional pl...

Dec 21, 2025

Who is Katie Johnson and what role did she play in legal matters involving Donald Trump?

Katie Johnson is the name used by an anonymous plaintiff who in 2016 filed civil complaints alleging that Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump raped her as a 13‑year‑old in 1994; those filings were short‑...

Nov 7, 2025

what is the hearst media corporation

Hearst Media Corporation, legally known as Hearst Communications, is a privately held, family-controlled American media conglomerate founded by William Randolph Hearst in 1887 and headquartered in New...

Jan 28, 2026

What is the full text of the 2016 'Katie Johnson'/'Jane Doe' complaints and affidavits filed against Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein?

The full text of the April 2016 federal complaint filed under the name "" and subsequent complaints filed under the pseudonym "" are part of the public record: the April (Katie Johnson) and attachment...

Dec 16, 2025

Which news outlets first reported Katie Johnson's claims and how did their accounts differ?

Two outlets among the provided records first published reporting that introduced “Katie Johnson” as an accuser: Revelist (a now-defunct millennial-targeting site) and contemporaneous court-record–base...

Dec 15, 2025

What are the key documents and testimonies cited in Katie Johnson's lawsuit against Donald Trump?

Court filings under the name Katie Johnson alleged that Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump raped a 13‑year‑old in 1994; those allegations appeared in a 2016 federal complaint that was dismissed in May 2...

Jan 15, 2026

What guidelines require ICE or HSI agents to identify themselves during arrests, and where are they documented?

Federal reporting and legal guides uniformly state that immigration officers — including ICE and HSI personnel — are required by federal law and agency regulations to identify themselves as officers a...

Dec 21, 2025

What were the key allegations or claims in Katie Johnson’s deposition about Trump?

Katie Johnson’s legal filings alleged that she was lured to Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan residence in 1994, held as a “sex slave,” and repeatedly sexually abused — including being raped — by Epstein an...

Dec 8, 2025

Who is katie johnson and what is her background in relation to donald trump?

Katie Johnson is the pseudonym used by a woman who in 2016 filed a civil lawsuit accusing Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump of raping her as a 13‑year‑old at Epstein’s Manhattan home in 1994; that case...

Feb 1, 2026

What evidence or corroborating witnesses supported Katie Johnson's claims against Trump?

— a pseudonym used in civil complaints filed in 2016 — accused and of repeatedly raping her when she was 13 at Epstein’s residence and named both men in lawsuits that were later withdrawn or dismissed...

Feb 1, 2026

Are there medical or forensic records corroborating Katie Johnson's claims against Trump?

There are no publicly disclosed medical or forensic records in the and reporting provided that corroborate the made by the plaintiff who used the pseudonym “” against ; the available materials are lim...

Jan 24, 2026

What were William A. Newsom III’s primary sources of income (private practice, investments, judicial salary) during the 1970s and 1980s?

’s income in the 1970s and 1980s came from three overlapping streams: paid legal work and private advisory roles (notably for and ), remuneration and possible fees from business ventures and trust-man...

Dec 5, 2025

Katie johnson raped by trump

A woman using the pseudonym “Katie Johnson” filed a federal lawsuit in 2016 accusing Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump of sexually abusing her when she was 13 in 1994; that initial California complaint...

Feb 5, 2026

What do Newsom’s financial disclosures show about the timing of his business sales and Getty-linked loans?

’s public financial disclosures and contemporaneous reporting show a pattern in which Getty-backed financing and formal transfers of his interests clustered around his moves into and out of public off...