Donald Trump continued a campaign to focus on rivals’ affiliations with Jeffrey Epstein, vowing on Truth Social to direct attorney general Pam Bondi and the FBI to probe links involving Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, Reid Hoffman and JPMorganChase. He dismissed newly released House oversight emails—citing claims he “spent hours” with a victim and “knew about the girls”—as a hoax and a distraction from the shutdown. Simultaneously, Trump is pressuring Republicans to block a House effort to force the justice department to release its Epstein files.

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