US authorities remove Trump-Epstein statue from National Mall

Interior department says National Park Service removed statue of pair holding hands because of incorrect permit

An impromptu statue of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands was unceremoniously removed from the National Mall in Washington just a day after a group of anonymous artists erected it there.

The piece showed the president and the late convicted sex offender, who were friends in the past, looking joyful together, with wide grins and feet kicked back.