Trump, White House and Jeffrey Epstein
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White House aides have made it clear that no one in the administration is allowed to talk about Epstein without high-level vetting as Trump attempts to change the subject.
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Any time I say anything about Epstein, they’re like, ‘Why didn’t Joe Biden’s — why didn’t Joe Biden release the files?’ And this is what I say: Have you met Merrick Garland?” Tanden
The case of Jeffrey Epstein, sex offender and former friend of the president, has blown up into a major headache for the White House.
He—the president, their leader, the martyr who had endured scandals and prosecution and an assassin’s bullet on their behalf—had repeatedly told them it was time to move on, and that alone should suffice. Why, he groused, would the White House add fuel to the fire, would it play into the media’s narrative?
A key House committee is looking into the investigation of the late Jeffrey Epstein for sex trafficking crimes.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on July 23, said that Donald Trump is pushing for the Epstein files to be declassified, while also wanting accountability for those who tried to keep the files under wraps.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief reporters Wednesday afternoon as the Trump administration wades through controversy around its handling of the probe into disgraced