The president has urged House Republicans to support the release of all documents, adding that he has \u201cnothing to hide\u201d<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump has called on Republicans in the House of Representatives to vote in favor of releasing all remaining unredacted files related to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. He has accused Democrats of weaponizing selected documents against him.
\nEpstein was found dead in a Manhattan jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges and running an underage sex ring. His long association with wealthy and influential figures in the US and beyond continues to reverberate in Washington, where both parties have accused each other of using the case for political gain.
\nA congressional committee released 20,000 documents related to the Epstein case last week, which led some Democrats to highlight Trump\u2019s own past friendship with the convicted sex offender. They cited an email in which Epstein alleged that Trump \u201cknew about the girls.\u201d
\nIn response, Trump ordered a probe into Epstein\u2019s ties to prominent Democrats, including Bill Clinton, and accused his opponents of using what he called the \u201cEpstein Hoax\u201d for political goals.<\/p>\n
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\u201cHouse Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide,\u201d Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social on Monday. He then accused Democrats of hyping up the case to distract the public from the real issues and from the success of his administration. \u201cThe House Oversight Committee can have whatever they are legally entitled to, I DON\u2019T CARE!\u201d the president added.
\nDuring his election campaign, Trump pledged to declassify the Epstein files and signed an executive order to the effect shortly after taking office. In February, US Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the release of the \u201cfirst phase\u201d of documents. However, key materials \u2013 including flight logs, client names, and contact lists \u2013 have remained under seal, fueling speculation about who could be implicated.
\nThis has led to criticism from some of the president\u2019s biggest supporters, including Elon Musk. In a now deleted post, the billionaire even claimed Trump\u2019s name was in the sealed Epstein files, suggesting that this is the real reason they remain classified.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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