President Donald Trump again dismissed calls for the full release of files about disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, calling the effort a “Democrat hoax” despite members of the Republican Party as well as some of Epstein’s victims pushing for transparency.
“They’re trying to get people to talk about something that’s totally irrelevant to the success that we’ve had as a nation since I’ve been president,” Trump said Wednesday in the Oval Office.
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Trump also addressed rumors swirling about his health on social media. Speculation peaked over Labor Day weekend due to Trump’s lack of public events as well as persistent bruising on his right hand.
Trump called the online theorizing about his death “fake news.”
