Trump Says The Justice Department Has 'done Its Job' In Releasing Epstein Documents

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday that nan Justice Department has "done its job" successful releasing records from Jeffrey Epstein's case and that it was "time to end" nan push for much transparency.

In a lengthy Truth Social post, Trump attacked Democrats and charged that they did "nothing" astir Epstein "while he was live isolated from befriend him, socialize pinch him, recreation to his Island, and return his money!" Trump was friends pinch Epstein for years, though he said successful 2019 — after nan disgraced financier's activity trafficking apprehension — that they had "a falling out." Epstein died by termination successful jailhouse successful 2019, and conspiracy theories astir his decease and criminal lawsuit person flourished successful nan years since.

Trump said Democrats "knew everything location was to cognize astir Epstein, but now, years aft his death, they, retired of nowhere, are seeming to show specified emotion and heartfelt interest for his victims. Does anybody really judge that?"

"The Department of Justice has done its job, they person fixed everything requested of them," he continued. "It’s clip to extremity nan Democrat Epstein Hoax, and springiness nan Republicans in installments for nan great, moreover legendary, occupation that they are doing."

It’s not conscionable Democrats, however, that want nan Trump management to merchandise much Epstein documents. Several Republican members of Congress person been outspoken successful calling for that arsenic well, including Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky; Lauren Boebert of Colorado; Nancy Mace of South Carolina; and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia. Massie and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., person been circulating a discharge petition that would unit a level ballot successful nan House to require nan Justice Department to manus complete documents to Congress.

The petition needs 218 signatures to walk and nan group expressed assurance this week that it would unafraid them by nan extremity of September.

Massie and Khanna didn't instantly return requests for remark astir Trump's station connected Friday.

The Justice Department has only turned complete astir one-third of nan Epstein files to nan House Oversight Committee. The files full astir 100,000 pages, and nan sheet has said it obtained much than 33,000 pages and was expecting to get more, but didn't bespeak when.

The committee connected Tuesday released 33,295 pages of records, galore of which were already public.

At a property convention connected Capitol Hill connected Wednesday, respective victims spoke astir nan intersexual maltreatment they suffered while moving for Epstein. One of nan accusers, Chauntae Davies, said of Epstein, "His biggest brag everlastingly was that he was very bully friends pinch Donald Trump,” Davies said. “He had an 8-by-10 framed image of him connected his table pinch nan 2 of them, for illustration they were very close.”

In response, Trump told reporters successful nan Oval Office that day, "This is simply a Democrat hoax that ne'er ends. ... I understand we’ve fixed thousands of pages of files, and I cognize that nary matter what you do, it’s going to support going. ... Really, I deliberation it’s enough."

The Department of Justice didn't instantly respond to a petition for comment.

The contention surrounding nan national government's Epstein records has been dogging Trump each summertime aft an unsigned Justice Department memo successful July concluded that location was nary impervious of a alleged "client list" aliases grounds that would lead to further criminal charges.

Trump had tried to tamp down calls for much information, moreover arsenic those calls grew from wrong his MAGA base. The president ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi successful July to merchandise "pertinent" expansive assemblage grounds from nan Epstein case.