Washington: US President Donald Trump says he is ordering the Department of Justice and FBI to investigate convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s links to prominent Democrats, including former president Bill Clinton, dramatically raising the stakes in the political fallout over Epstein’s crimes.

The Epstein saga returned to centre stage this week after Democrats released three emails from the disgraced financier’s estate that mentioned Trump, and Republicans responded by releasing 20,000 pages of Epstein-related documents that have shed light on his wide network of powerful contacts .

US President Donald Trump said he would order a criminal probe into Jeffrey Epstein’s links with prominent Democrats. Credit: Bloomberg

A looming vote in the House of Representatives will likely

See Full Page