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Trump news at a glance: Hillary Clinton urges Trump administration to release millions of withheld Epstein files

Hillary Clinton moderates a panel at the 62nd Munich Security Conference on 14 February in Munich, Germany.
Hillary Clinton moderates a panel at the 62nd Munich Security Conference on 14 February in Munich, Germany. Photograph: Johannes Simon/Getty Images

Hillary Clinton has accused the Trump administration of a “cover-up” over the Epstein files, while claiming that she and her husband are being forced to testify before Congress to deflect scrutiny from Donald Trump.

In an interview with the BBC, Clinton said the US Department of Justice was “slow-walking” the release of documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein’s catalogue of crimes and urged the administration to “get the files out”. Despite periodic document dumps of the files since Congress mandated their release late last year, the justice department is still withholding about 3m files.

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