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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Victoria Bekiempis

Maxwell transcripts bring some respite for Trump, but fail to quell Maga uproar

Ghislaine Maxwell and Donald Trump at the 50th anniversary of Ford Modeling Agency in 1997.
Ghislaine Maxwell and Donald Trump at the 50th anniversary of Ford Modeling Agency in 1997. Photograph: New York Daily News Archive/NY Daily News/Getty Images

For weeks, Donald Trump has been on the defensive over his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigative files and the extent of his own personal links to the late sex trafficker.

While Trump had promised to release files related to Epstein, his justice department announced in July there would be no more disclosures, prompting uproar among conspiracy-minded Maga adherents and many other of his supporters.

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