The White House called the release a "smear" while President Trump said Democrats were trying to distract from their role in the government shutdown.

Trump warned House Republicans against joining an effort to force the release of the Justice Department's Epstein files.

WASHINGTON – Jeffrey Epstein , the disgraced financier and accused sex trafficker, wrote that President Donald Trump "spent hours at my house" with one of Epstein's victims and allegedly "knew about the girls," according to emails House Democrats released Nov. 12.

The White House called the Democratic release of the emails a "smear." Trump attended parties with Epstein and flew on his private plane during the 1990s. But Trump later ousted Epstein from his club and forcefully denied knowing about the sex traffic

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