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HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_033273.txt

The document is an email from Richard Kahn to Jeffrey Epstein about a bombshell report that has emerged of an alleged affair between Donald Trump and a Playboy model. The New York Post's Ronan Farrow details the allegations in a piece for The New Yorker.

HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031973.txt

In this document, Paul Krassner shares memories of his time as a columnist for Cavalier Magazine and mentions some key people such as Michael Simmons and Lenny Bruce. He highlights the magazine's focus on hiring talented writers like Thomas Pynchon and Philip Roth, and its effort to distinguish itself from Playboy by being seen as slightly hipper and more youthful. Paul also discusses his experience at an auction of items slept on by the Beatles during their first trip to America and his column about Lenny Bruce titled "Lenny the Lawyer".

HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_024923.txt

This is an email from George Krassner talking about his experience as a columnist for Cavalier Magazine and how it hired fine scribes like Thomas Pynchon and Philip Roth. He also mentions Playboy, another men's magazine that was published around the same time. He writes about writing a column for Cavalier called "The Naked Emperor" and describes attending an auction of two-inch squares from bedsheets slept on by the Beatles during their first trip to America. His second column was about Lenny Bruce and his legal troubles.

HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_024374.txt

Cavalier Magazine was launched by Fawcett Publications in 1952 as a men's magazine aimed at young and hip readers. The magazine hired notable writers such as Thomas Pynchon, Philip Roth, William Saroyan, Isaac Asimov, and Theodore Sturgeon. In the 1960s, the author was invited to write for Cavalier under the column "The Naked Emperor," which covered topics such as auctions of Beatles' hotel linens and the legal troubles of Lenny Bruce.

HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021145.txt

The Billionaire's Playboy Club tells the story of Virginia Roberts, who was thirteen years old and homeless when she met a wealthy businessman named Robbie in Miami Beach during the summer of 1997. Robbie took her under his wing and introduced her to the world of luxury and excess, which included parties at his billionaire's club. However, Virginia struggled with feelings of guilt and inadequacy as she entered this new world, especially when faced with the knowledge that she was not the only one who had experienced abuse and abandonment in their past.