US President Donald Trump’s relationship with the late, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has once again come under scrutiny, after United States lawmakers released more than 20,000 pages of documents from Epstein’s estate on Wednesday, including some that mention Trump’s name.US Democrats in the House Oversight Committee – a federal body that oversees government functions – released email exchanges between Epstein and some of his associates in which the former financier appeared to suggest that Trump knew about his conduct towards young girls.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listHours later, US Republicans released 20,000 documents from Epstein’s estate in a bid to counter the Democrats’ email releases, claiming the Democrats had “cherry-picked” documents to paint a false narrative against Trump. The Republicans’ documents also mention Trump’s name, but these references are mainly in regards to the US president’s political career.Trump, who had a 15-year-long friendship with Epstein, denies all wrongdoing and has repeatedly stated that he was never involved in – or even knew about – Epstein’s sexual crimes.Epstein died by suicide in prison in 2019 after being arrested on charges of sex trafficking of minors. He had previously been imprisoned in 2008 after pleading guilty at a court in Florida to engaging in prostitution of minors, but was released from prison in 2009 after completing his sentence.While some documents relating to the prosecution of Epstein have been made public, the US Justice Department has repeatedly refused to release others, raising eyebrows – not least among Trump’s own “Make America Great Aga …
