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House Democrats released a batch of emails on Wednesday that suggest President Donald Trump was aware of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex crimes and did nothing to report them. The messages, sent by Epstein to his associates—including chief accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell—contradict the White House’s claims that Trump had no real relationship with Epstein and was ignorant of his criminal offenses. They also seem to discredit Maxwell’s recent testimony to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who solicited her suspiciously rosy account of Trump’s role this past summer.

On this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode of Amicus , co-hosts Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern spoke

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