The Guardian view on Trump and Epstein: the truth about Maga and its conspiracy theories | Editorial

The disclosure of emails from the paedophile financier has fuelled calls for the full release of FBI files on his case

It is 20 years since Florida police first investigated the financier Jeffrey Epstein for the sexual abuse of underage girls; six years since he killed himself in prison following his arrest on federal sex-trafficking charges; and more than a year since Donald Trump said that he would have no problem" with releasing the FBI files on the offender.

As the Democratic politician Ro Khanna noted, releasing the files was core to Trump's promise ... It was his central theme that the American corrupt elite had betrayed forgotten Americans". The question is notonlywhat Epstein's associates did, but also what they knew and what they did not do. It is not only about their own behaviour, but about any knowledge or suspicion of his crimes, and willingness tooverlook them.

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