On Wednesday night, the White House announced that President Donald Trump had signed the bill passed by Congress earlier this week to release the files on the federal investigation into alleged child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

Shortly after, Trump himself shared the news on Truth Social . Trump’s message was rife with misleading statements, likely meant to divert attention from his former longtime relationship with Epstein.

Trump, for example, called the disgraced New York financier a lifelong Democrat who “donated Thousands of Dollars to Democrat Politicians” — a statement that is true. But Trump made no mention of his own personal friendship with Epstein , which lasted from the 1980s through the early 2000s.

Trump also downplayed his attempt to obstruct the release of files

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