(The Hill) -- Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Friday said President Trump was "deeply worried about" the controversy surrounding convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after House Democrats leaked emails from the case that mentioned the president by name.

"Well, he is in daily panic mode as we get closer to the moment these files and the fullest truth that we have available to us is going to be made public," Murphy told The Bulwark's Sam Stein at The Texas Tribune Festival.

“He wouldn’t be acting this way if he wasn’t so deeply worried about what sits in those files. What we've already seen is immensely incriminating," the Connecticut Democrat continued. "Clearly, Donald Trump was at the center of a child sex ring."

Murphy called it "heartbreaking" that Trump could have been involved in

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