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New Epstein files claim Trump traveled on paedophile’s jet ‘more times than previously reported’

Trump says Epstein files are distracting from his agenda and could 'ruin' reputations
  • A US prosecutor alleged Donald Trump travelled on Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet “many more times than previously reported.”
  • This claim was made in a January 2020 internal email by an unnamed assistant US attorney in the Southern District of New York.
  • The email stated that flight records indicated Trump's travel on Epstein's jet, including during a period relevant to a potential Ghislaine Maxwell case.
  • Donald Trump has not been accused of any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein, a disgraced financier and sex trafficker who died by suicide in 2019.
  • Trump commented on the partial release of DOJ files, warning it could “ruin” reputations and overshadowed his policy agenda.
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