Trump says FBI should investigate ‘the Jeffrey Epstein hoax’ as a criminal conspiracy against him – as it happened

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• Trump calls Epstein conspiracy a hoax' and turns on Maga weaklings'

As Democrats reckon with a deep inter-party divide that threatens their ability to repair the party's image and win back voters, Ken Martin said he was not focused on internal bullshit" because most people could care less about the internal drama and soap opera of the Democratic party".

Martin, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, told the Guardian that he knows Democrats have to earn back trust from communities across the country before the midterms.