WASHINGTON — A statue depicting President Donald Trump and late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein holding hands and kicking up their heels was removed on Wednesday from the National Mall in Washington, where it had been put on display clandestinely.

The installation, which appeared on Tuesday, featured life-sized, bronze-painted figures of Trump and Epstein standing on white plinths and smiling at each other, each with an arm and a leg raised as if dancing. A plaque revealed the piece’s title as “Best Friends Forever.”

A group called “The Secret Handshake” claimed responsibility for the statue, according to comments NPR and other media said they had received from the group.

“The statue was removed because it was not compliant with the permit issued,” an Interior Department spok

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