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Trump Says He Might Release the Epstein Files

September 3, 2024 at 2:51 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Donald Trump teased on The Lex Fridman Podcast that he would be open to releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files in a second term.

Said Trump: “I mean, I’m not involved. I never went to his island, fortunately. But a lot of people did.”

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