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Pranksters this week trolled President Donald Trump by placing Jeffrey Epstein-themed postcards in the gift shop at Trump Tower in New York City. The cards were surreptitiously inserted onto a souvenir carousel and featured an old photo of Trump with the late convicted sex offender Epstein,
President Donald Trump said he asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to seek the release grand jury testimony related to the criminal prosecution of notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Trump has tried, without success so far,
President Donald Trump's name was mentioned nine times across the hundreds of pages in the “phase one" release of the Epstein files.
Trump previously had a relationship with the late disgraced financier, who died in a jail cell in 2019 as he awaited a trial on sex trafficking charges.
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House Republicans face a midnight Friday deadline to pass a Trump-backed bill cutting $9 billion from public broadcasting and foreign aid programs.
Calls for transparency on Epstein came from several Republicans on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. And Trump's own former vice president, Mike Pence, called for the administration to "release all of the files" regarding the Epstein investigation.
A year ago, we scrubbed the public record. Here are our updated findings. “It’s all been a hoax that’s perpetrated by the Democrats. And some stupid Republicans and foolish Republicans fall into the net.”
Leavitt had to navigate a tough room of reporters demanding answers on Thursday about the Trump administration’s handling of Epstein’s case. When asked what part of the Epstein situation was a “hoax,” Leavitt blamed Democrats and the media for the outcry over the documents.