"It is 20 years since Florida police first investigated the financier Jeffrey Epstein for the sexual abuse of underage girls; six years since he killed himself in prison following his arrest on federal sex-trafficking charges; and more than a year since Donald Trump said that he would have no problem with releasing the FBI files on the offender. As the Democratic politician Ro Khanna noted, releasing the files was core to Trump's promise"
"Separately, Epstein wrote that of course he knew about the girls as he asked Ghislaine [Maxwell] to stop and that Trump knew of it but he never got a massage. Mr Trump, who has mainstreamed and legitimised conspiracy politics and the championing of emotion over fact, attacks the issue as a hoax. The very people who urged Maga supporters to pursue this story such as Kash Patel, now FBI chief abruptly changed their minds this year without adequate explanation."
Florida police first investigated Jeffrey Epstein for sexual abuse of underage girls twenty years ago; he died by suicide in prison six years after a federal sex‑trafficking arrest. Donald Trump publicly said he would have no problem releasing FBI files more than a year ago, prompting scrutiny of associates' knowledge, suspicions, and willingness to overlook crimes. Emails describe Trump as "that dog that hasn't barked" and mention a victim spending hours at Epstein's house; Epstein also wrote that he knew about the girls and asked Ghislaine Maxwell to stop. Trump calls the issue a hoax while bipartisan demands grow for full file release.
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