Republicans on the House Oversight Committee echoed the White House’s statement, accusing Democrats of “cherry-picking documents to generate headlines” while withholding other records that name prominent Democratic officials. A GOP committee spokesperson said Democrats “should stop politicizing this investigation and focus on full transparency and justice for the victims.”
The controversy erupted hours after Democrats released a new batch of documents from the ongoing bipartisan Epstein investigation, including 2016 email exchanges between Epstein and Michael Wolff, the journalist known for his anti-Trump bestsellers Fire and Fury and Siege.
The emails show Wolff repeatedly advising Epstein to use anti-Trump messaging to repair his image as scrutiny mounted over his earlier sex-trafficking conviction and connections to powerful figures.
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