President dismisses newly released documents as House Oversight Committee subpoenas more files.
President Donald Trump has dismissed a newly released letter allegedly sent to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, calling it a “dead issue.”
The letter, which was part of a trove of documents released by the House Oversight Committee, has sparked a political firestorm, with some of the president’s own Republican allies joining Democrats in calling for more transparency.
“I don’t comment on something that’s a dead issue,” Trump told NBC News in a call Tuesday morning. “I gave all comments to the staff. It’s a dead issue.”
The Controversial Letter
The alleged 2003 letter, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, was part of a larger collection of documents subpoenaed from Epstein’s e