Democrats press hard on Epstein files after years of sporadic interest under Biden
With less than a week before the Department of Justice must release a tranche of case files related to Jeffrey Epstein, Democrats have continued to seize on the politically expedient...
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With less than a week before the Department of Justice must release a tranche of case files related to Jeffrey Epstein, Democrats have continued to seize on the politically expedient topic, which has roiled the Trump administration and caused fractures in the Republican Party. On Friday, House Democrats released 19 photos from Epstein’s estate that included several images featuring President Donald Trump and other public figures. The White House blasted the move and reiterated its position that the Epstein matter is a "Democrat hoax." Friday's disclosure came as Democrats have claimed all year that Epstein's case has newfound salience because Trump, once among Epstein's many wealthy friends before Epstein was accused of trafficking underage girls, tried to suppress the files when he took office. Republicans counter that Democrats had full access to the documents for four years under the Biden administration and neither released them nor uncovered information damaging to Trump. FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERS UNSEALING OF EPSTEIN CASE GRAND JURY RECORDS Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, told Fox News Digital claims of Democratic inconsistency "are seriously detached from reality" and pointed to his own investigations dating back to 2019 into former Trump Labor Secretary Alex Acosta’s handling of a 2008 plea deal with Epstein. Raskin argued the Democratic Party has not shifted, but rather that the Trump administration has. "Trump abruptly killed the ongoing federal investigation into Epstein’s co-conspirators when he took office," Raskin said, alleging the administration undertook a "massive redaction project" to hide evidence of Trump’s ties to Epstein. The forthcoming file release is expected to contain significant redactions and include reasons for each one. "Democrats have always fought to support an investigation of Epstein’s co-conspirators," Raskin said. "We have always been on the side of full transparency and justice for the vic…