The President of the United States accused the entire Jeffrey Epstein investigation of being "a Democrat hoax" at a tense Oval Office Q&A

19:03, Fri, Aug 22, 2025 Updated: 19:03, Fri, Aug 22, 2025

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Donald Trump speaking at the White House on Friday (Image: Getty)

Donald Trump has branded the Jeffrey Epstein investigation currently taking place in the US "a Democrat hoax" and insisted "a lot of people are named in those files that don't deserve to be." The President's declaration comes months after Elon Musk appeared to reveal during a Twitter spat that Trump himself was named in the Epstein Files and knew it.

Speaking at a tense Q&A with reporters at the Oval Office, President Trump was asked about the current congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and answered: "Innocent people shouldn't be hurt but I'm in support of keeping it open, you've got a lot of people named in those files that don't deserve to be – because he knew everybody in Palm Beach. I don't know about that."

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