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Trump demands DOJ release all the names related to the Epstein investigation as he complains of a ‘witch hunt’ and Democrat ‘hoax’
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President Donald Trump has called on the Justice Department to release the names of all Democrats tied to Jeffrey Epstein, as he called the controversy over the so-called Epstein files a “witch hunt” and a “Democrat inspired hoax.”
“Now 1,000,000 more pages on Epstein are found. DOJ is being forced to spend all of its time on this Democrat inspired Hoax,” Trump wrote Friday on Truth Social.
“When do they say NO MORE, and work on Election Fraud etc. The Dems are the ones who worked with Epstein, not the Republicans. Release all of their names, embarrass them, and get back to helping our Country! The Radical Left doesn’t want people talking about TRUMP & REPUBLICAN SUCCESS, only a long ago dead Jeffrey Epstein – Just another Witch Hunt,” he added.
This comes after Trump shared a Christmas Day rant about the investigation into the dead sex offender, claiming he cut ties with Epstein “long before it became fashionable.” He went on to call the controversy surrounding the Epstein files a “Radical Left Witch Hunt.”
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“Merry Christmas to all, including the many Sleazebags who loved Jeffrey Epstein…only to “drop him like a dog” when things got too HOT, falsely claimed they had nothing to do with him, didn’t know him, said he was a disgusting person, and then blame, of course, President Donald J. Trump, who was actually the only one who did drop Epstein, and long before it became fashionable to do so,” he wrote Thursday on Truth Social.
Trump was once friendly with Epstein, and called him a “terrific guy” in a 2002 interview with New York Magazine. But Trump has said their friendship ended before the financier pleaded guilty to soliciting a minor for prostitution in 2008. The White House has also said Trump kicked Epstein out of his Mar-a-Lago club for being a “creep.”
The Trump administration released some of the Epstein files on December 19, a deadline that was set by Congress.
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The administration faced swift pushback over the partial release last week, with critics pointing out that several documents were heavily redacted.
California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, trolled the the president by posting a video to X that showed pages of redactions cut with footage of Trump and Epstein talking in the 1990s.
“2025: REDACTED,” Newsom captioned the video.
Justice Department officials later admitted that they discovered more than a million more documents “potentially” tied to Epstein’s case, which could take “a few more weeks” to release.
“We have lawyers working around the clock to review and make the legally required redactions to protect victims, and we will release the documents as soon as possible,” the Justice Department said Wednesday in a statement.
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee also released a new batch of photos from Epstein’s estate on December 12, which included images of Trump and other powerful figures, including former President Bill Clinton.
Trump and Clinton have not been formally accused of any wrongdoing related to Epstein.
