Hillary Clinton accuses Trump administration of Epstein ‘cover-up’ as president claims he’s been ‘totally exonerated’ in the files

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accuses nan Trump administration of carrying retired a “cover-up” successful its handling of nan Epstein files, while nan president claims nan files “totally exonerated” him and “pulled in” nan Clintons.

"Get nan files out,” Clinton told nan BBC connected Monday from Berlin, wherever she attended nan World Forum. “They are slow-walking it.”

Clinton’s hubby erstwhile President Bill Clinton is mentioned and pictured galore times successful the Epstein files. Both Clintons person denied immoderate contemporaneous knowledge of Epstein’s crimes, and survivors and authorities person not accused them of wrongdoing.

Over nan weekend, Clinton echoed her calls for transparency while speaking astatine nan Munich Security Conference.

She called nan contented of nan Epstein files “horrifying” and demanded their full release.

“It is thing that needs to beryllium wholly transparent,” she said connected a panel.

“I’ve called for many, galore years for everything to beryllium put retired location truthful group tin not only spot what’s successful them but also, if appropriate, clasp group accountable,” she added. “We’ll spot what happens.”

Clinton’s comments piqued Trump, who claimed nan Epstein files were partisan and had successful truth “exonerated” him.

“I person thing to hide,” nan president told reporters connected Monday. “I’ve been exonerated. I person thing to do pinch Jeffrey Epstein. They went successful hoping that they’d find it and they recovered conscionable nan opposite. I’ve been wholly exonerated.”

Of nan Clintons, Trump said nan files had “pulled them in” and that Clinton’s caller comments successful Germany were a motion of “Trump derangement syndrome.”

“They’ve been pulled successful and galore different Democrats person been pulled in,” he claimed.

Both Clintons are owed to attest earlier Congress later this month, aft initially signaling they would defy what they called “invalid and legally unenforceable” subpoenas successful nan Republican-led Epstein probe successful nan House.

"We will show up but we deliberation it would beryllium amended to person it successful public," Clinton said successful her BBC interview, arguing that she and her hubby were being utilized arsenic a “shiny object” to deflect blasted from nan Trump administration.

The Justice Department said successful a missive to lawmakers complete nan play it had released each pertinent records that it could successful bid to comply pinch past year’s bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act, which President Trump signed aft months of warring pinch members of his ain statement who backed nan bill.

Legislators insist nan Trump management continues to neglect to meet its obligations nether nan bill.

“Your authorities is withholding information,” Rep. Nancy Mace, 1 of nan backers of nan law, wrote connected X connected Saturday.

The Trump management has released astir two percent of nan information investigators person described arsenic being successful their possession connected Epstein, according to study and soul emails obtained by U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 News.

In summation to this reported shortage of releases, lawmakers person besides accused nan DOJ of “muddying nan waters” by disclosing scores of high-profile figures whose names look successful nan files only tangentially, specified arsenic group mentioned successful news articles shared by nan precocious activity criminal.

“To person Janis Joplin, who died erstwhile Epstein was 17, successful nan aforesaid database arsenic Larry Nassar, who went to situation for nan intersexual maltreatment of hundreds of young women and kid pornography, pinch nary explanation of really either was mentioned successful nan files is absurd,” Rep. Ro Khanna, 1 of nan lawmakers starring nan Epstein disclosure effort, said connected X.