The White House said that President Trump would not recommend appointing a special prosecutor to look into the case of disgraced financier and sex predator Jeffrey Epstein, rebuffing calls from some allies, The Hill reports.
Said press secretary Karoline Leavitt: “The idea was floated from someone in the media to the president. The president would not recommend a special prosecutor in the Epstein case. That’s how he feels.”
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