House Republicans say Dems twisting Epstein probe to smear Trump in new memo

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Oversight Committee Republicans are accusing their Democratic counterparts of using the House's ongoing investigation into Jeffrey Epstein to attack President Donald Trump rather than find closure for the late pedophile's victims. Fox News Digital obtained a 10-page internal memo written by GOP committee staff for lawmakers on the panel that argued Democrats intentionally misrepresented information obtained by Republicans to create a narrative that was not there. "Unfortunately, during this investigation, Oversight Committee Democrats, led by Ranking Member Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), have intentionally mischaracterized witness testimony and selectively released information with targeted redactions in an effort to create another hoax involving President Trump," the memo said. "When the Majority released the full set of documents, Democrats claimed that this transparency was meant to ‘disorient’ and ‘distract’ from the false narrative they had been attempting to construct about President Trump." 'SEPARATED FROM REALITY': SENATE REPUBLICANS FUME AS DEMS USE EPSTEIN SAGA TO BLOCK TRUMP'S AGENDA The committee's months-long investigation was launched by a bipartisan push for transparency but has since devolved into partisan fighting as both sides blame the other for focusing on the wrong things. Democrats have accused Republicans of using the probe to cover for Trump, who was known to have been an associate of Epstein's but never tied to any wrongdoing. But the committee's GOP majority, which has released thousands of pages of documents obtained from both the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Epstein's own estate, has contended that it is dedicated to transparency for the victims and has accused Democrats of politicizing the probe. WHITE HOUSE SLAMS DEMS' 'BAD-FAITH' EPSTEIN DOC RELEASE AS DEMAND FOR FILES INTENSIFIES "The Democrats have uncovered nothing new, have released no document not provided at the request of Republicans, and have only succeeded in reinforcing what t…