President Donald Trump responded to the mounting pressure from accusers and members of his own party to release the Epstein files by insisting, once again, that not only was he releasing the files, but that they were a “hoax” concocted by Democratic operatives to tarnish his accomplishments.

“So this is a Democrat hoax that never ends,” comparing it to conspiracy theorists’ dissatisfaction with the release of redacted files surrounding John F. Kennedy’s assassination. “From what I understand, I could check, but from what I understand, thousands of pages of documents have been given. But it's really a Democrat hoax because 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’s comments ca

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