Donald Trump says those interested in Jeffrey Epstein inquiry are ‘bad people’

US president faces Maga backlash over suspicion his administration is hiding details of Epstein’s crimes to protect rich elite – including TrumpDonald Trump has dismissed a secretive inquiry into the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as “boring” and of interest only to “bad people”, but said he backed the release of any “credible” files, as he sought to stamp out a conspiracy-fuelled uproar among his supporters.The US president is facing a political crisis within his usually loyal Republican Make America Great Again (Maga) base over suspicion that the administration is hiding details of Epstein’s crimes to protect the rich elite he associated with, which included Trump. Continue reading...

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