The towering bronze statue of President Donald Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein holding hands has reappeared on the National Mall after being toppled by the president’s henchmen.
On Sept. 23, it was erected directly in front of the Capitol, highlighting Trump’s relationship with Epstein, who died by suicide in a Manhattan jail in 2019.
But the United States Park Police quietly removed the provocative bronze sculpture around 5:30 a.m. the next day, violating a permit issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to “The Secret Handshake,” the anonymous activist group behind the installation.
At the time, a spokesperson for The Secret Handshake called the statue’s removal “a literal example of the Trump administration toppling free speech when it has been legally per