Washington — President Trump on Friday asked the Justice Department and FBI to investigate convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's involvement with prominent Democrats, including former President Bill Clinton, and major financial institutions.

In a post on Truth Social, Mr. Trump accused Democrats of focusing on what he calls the "Epstein hoax" to deflect blame for the government shutdown, which ended Wednesday and was the longest in U.S. history.

"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 was going on with them, and him," the pr

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