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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Andrew Feinberg and Eric Garcia

Trump bashes Epstein files as ‘Democrat hoax’ as Republicans rally nearby with sex trafficking victims

President Donald Trump on Wednesday again slammed the bipartisan clamor for release of case files regarding deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein as a creation of his political enemies as members of both parties appeared with some of Epstein’s victims at a Capitol Hill press conference to call for transparency in the case.

Trump was addressing reporters in the Oval Office during a media availability alongside Polish president Karol Nawrocki when The Independent asked him about allegations that his Department of Justice is slow-walking compliance with a congressional subpoena for the documents and redacting them to protect powerful friends and Republican campaign donors.

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