{"id":1055264,"date":"2025-07-23T17:45:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T21:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1055264"},"modified":"2025-07-23T17:45:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T21:45:58","slug":"exposing-the-cover-up-donald-trump-in-the-epstein-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/exposing-the-cover-up-donald-trump-in-the-epstein-files\/","title":{"rendered":"Exposing The Cover-Up: Donald Trump In The Epstein Files"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to new reporting that Donald Trump is in the Epstein files, <\/em>DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is an unprecedented government cover-up unraveling in real time. Republicans shut down Congress to avoid releasing the Epstein files. The Attorney General buried a list that she said was on her desk, ready to be released months ago. The President said these files were made up. And now we\u2019ve learned that Donald Trump is not only in the Epstein files, but he has also known that for months. Trump: What are you hiding? The American people deserve to know whether this cover-up is just the tip of the iceberg.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udd0e SPOTTED: Donald Trump \u2014 who previously claimed he was not in the Epstein files \u2014 is listed in the Epstein files according to his Department of Justice. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wall Street Journal<\/a>: \u201cJustice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen Justice Department officials reviewed<\/strong> what Attorney General Pam Bondi called a \u2018truckload\u2019 of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong> earlier this year, they discovered that Donald Trump\u2019s name appeared multiple times, <\/strong>according to senior administration officials. \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFBI Director Kash Patel has privately told other government officials that Trump\u2019s name appeared in the files<\/strong>, according to people close to the administration. \u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn July 15, an ABC News journalist asked Trump<\/strong>, as he took questions from reporters at the White House, what Bondi told him about the Epstein files: \u2018Specifically, did she tell you at all that your name appeared in the files?\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018No, no, <\/strong>she\u2019s\u2014she\u2019s given us just a very quick briefing,\u2019 Trump responded.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to new reporting that Donald Trump is in the Epstein files, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement: \u201cThis is an unprecedented government cover-up unraveling in real time. Republicans shut down Congress to avoid releasing the Epstein files. 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