MAGA Candidate Faces Fresh Heat Over Epstein Pen Pal Cash

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/Reuters A Republican Senate candidate who fought to block the release of the Epstein files has accepted tens of thousands of dollars from billionaires whose names appear in the records, the Daily Beast has learned. Rep. Ashley Hinson, now running in a tight Senate race to represent Iowa, accepted donations from Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Blackwater CEO Stephen Schwarzman, and private capital billionaire Marc Rowan, among…