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One way to know the Epstein news cycle is getting real: the sound of administration spin. “To be clear: the claims are unfounded and false, and if they had a shred of credibility, they certainly would have been weaponized against President Trump already,” the DOJ said in a statement yesterday.
This newest release is like pouring gasoline on the conspiracy fire, and the Trump administration seems to know it. NOTUS has all the latest, which is characteristically difficult to parse with the DOJ’s liberal use of redactions.
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Of note: The files include two email exchanges from federal officials in 2019 that mention “10 co-conspirators” — who remain unnamed.