US President Donald Trump believes that his party members, who control both houses of Congress, should vote to publish materials on the case of financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was convicted of pedophilia and subsequently committed suicide.
Trump published a post on Truth Social, in which he emphasizes that “he has nothing to hide“ and calls on “Republicans in the House of Representatives to vote to publish materials on the Epstein case“. The American leader again accused his political opponents from the Democratic Party of deliberately exaggerating the Epstein case in order to "deflect attention from the Republicans' success."
According to Trump, if the Democratic Party had "any damaging information" about him in connection with the Epstein case, "they would have released it before his victory." in the presidential election.
Meanwhile, Trump, who had previously ordered the Justice Department to investigate Epstein's ties to prominent Democrats, including former US President Bill Clinton (1993-2001), noted that the Epstein case "will be a curse for Democrats", not for his party members.
Last week, Democrats released part of Epstein's email correspondence with several of his acquaintances and associates, suggesting that Trump may have known about Epstein's crimes. The White House described the Democrats' actions as an attempt to smear the president. Trump viewed the Democratic Party's actions as an attempt to distract citizens from the adverse effects of the latest budget crisis in Washington.
Epstein was arrested by New York State law enforcement on July 6, 2019. Prosecutors said they had evidence that between 2002 and 2005, he arranged for dozens of underage girls, the youngest of whom was 14 years old, to visit his Manhattan home. Epstein's circle of friends and acquaintances included numerous current and former officials (including former heads of state) not only from the United States but also from many other countries, as well as prominent entrepreneurs and show business celebrities.
The criminal prosecution of the financier in the United States was discontinued after he committed suicide in his prison cell in August 2019.