U.S. President Doanld Trump and the President of Poland Karol Nawrocki meet in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 3, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday called demands that his administration release the Jeffrey Epstein files a distraction from his successes, as a group of victims of the notorious sex offender called for those documents to be publicly disclosed.
“This is a Democratic hoax that never ends,” Trump told reporters at the White House when he was asked about the Epstein files.
Despite Trump’s claim, his fellow Republican, Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, has been leading a renewed charge in Congress to force the release of documents about Epstein and his accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.
Massie has filed a so-called discharge petition in the House of Representatives, which, if passed, would order the Department of Justice to release all documents related to Epstein.
Massie and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., held a press conference on Wednesday on Capitol Hill with a group of victims of Epstein and Maxwell.
Demonstrators march toward the White House during an anti-Trump protest organized by FLARE USA in Washington, D.C., on September 2, 2025. Protesters demanded the impeachment of President Donald Trump, the withdrawal of National Guard troops from the city, and the release of unredacted Epstein files.
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