Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) defended Democrats for jumping on Republican calls for the federal government to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, even though her party largely remained mum on the issue while former President Biden was in office.

Congressional Democrats faced tough questions on Thursday about their sudden interest in the Epstein case under President Trump after remaining silent during the Biden administration.

Republicans are looking for ways to combat the rising anger over the release of the files of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which threatens to split the party. As things heat up in the debate on whether the Trump administration should release the complete files of Epstein,

Ok. I stand corrected,’ Bill O’Reilly finally admitted defeat when repeatedly told that the Biden administration did not prosecute and convict Jeffrey Epstein.

In 2007, while Bush was president, federal investigators at the FBI and U.S. attorney's office prepared to indict Epstein, but negotiations between Epstein’s lawyers and the U.S. attorney's office in Florida’s Southern District led by Alexander Acosta resulted in a secret deal that let Epstein avoid federal charges.

Speaking to CNN on Sunday, Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) accused the Biden administration, despite admitting he had no evidence, of tampering with the Epstein files.

Ex-FBI director James Comey was also named by Donald Trump as he tried to distance himself from the so-called Epstein files

President Donald Trump dodged more questions on the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein while speaking to reporters Tuesday, claiming that parts of the investigative files had been “made up” by his political opponents as questions swirl over his own past relationship with the late sex offender.

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