President Trump on Friday said he will direct the Justice Department to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's connections to former President Bill Clinton and others.

Why it matters: Trump's demand comes after House Democrats released a series of emails this week detailing Trump's connection to Epstein, a convicted sex offender. • "Now that the Democrats are using the Epstein Hoax, involving Democrats, not Republicans, to try and deflect from their disastrous SHUTDOWN, and all of their other failures, I will be asking A.G. Pam Bondi, and the Department of Justice, together with our great patriots at the FBI, to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's involvement and relationship with Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, Reid Hoffman, J.P. Morgan, Chase, and many other people and institutions, to determine what w

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