Republican U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene defended President Donald Trump amid the backlash over the newly released Jeffrey Epstein emails, which raised fresh questions about his relationship with the sex offender and how much he knew about his behavior, accusing Democrats of pushing "smears".

Greene, a MAGA firebrand, is one of only four Republicans who signed a discharge petition to force a House vote on releasing the Epstein investigation files and is demanding full transparency, despite Trump dismissing the issue as a "hoax" perpetrated against him by the Democrats and urging his supporters to move on. The vote on the files is now due next week .

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