Exclusive: Jamie Raskin and 15 others accuse justice department of withholding Epstein files to protect Trump
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House Democrats on Tuesday demanded that the justice department release documents related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking case that mentions or references Donald Trump, citing a comment by Elon Musk after he fell out with the president this year.
The House judiciary committee’s ranking member, Jamie Raskin, together with 15 other Democrats sent a six-page letter to the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, accusing her of withholding some Epstein files to protect the president from any damaging disclosures.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/08/house-democrats-epstein-files-trump
Author : Hugo Lowell and Chris Stein in Washington
Publish date : 2025-07-08 16:13:00
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