US President Donald Trump claimed Friday that pressure to release details of Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged sex abuse network is a “hoax” pushed by Democratic opponents.

“The Democrats are doing everything in their withering power to push the Epstein Hoax again,” the Republican wrote on his Truth Social platform, adding that lawmakers in his party joining the effort to force publication of the Epstein files are “soft and foolish.”

Trump’s angry message came as the Epstein scandal escalated, with growing questions over the 79-year-old president’s long, close relationship with the disgraced late financier.

Epstein died in prison in 2019 — by suicide, authorities ruled — before he could face trial on federal sex charges. But questions over his alleged masterminding of a sex ring where powerful

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