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The Guardian - US
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Victoria Bekiempis

Legal cases could prise open Epstein cache despite Trump’s blocking effort

Man and woman stand together
Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein in this picture recovered during a raid on Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse in 2019. Photograph: Zuma Press/Alamy

On the campaign trail, Donald Trump vowed that his administration would release a tranche of documents in the criminal investigation into disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein.

But since Trump returned to the White House, his promises have fallen flat, with few documents released – and backtracking about releasing more records. The lack of disclosure has prompted not only dissatisfaction among those seeking information about Epstein’s crimes, but political flak Trump can’t seem to deflect, especially about his own relations with the convicted sex trafficker.

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