Top Democrat accuses Trump of dismantling efforts to prosecute sex crimes
Exclusive: amid demands for transparency around Epstein, president has repeatedly taken side of criminal sex predators, says Jamie Raskin
A top House Democrat on Tuesday accused Donald Trump of systematically dismantling" efforts to prosecute sex crimes and hunt down traffickers, as the president faces continued pressure to make public investigative files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
The memo from House judiciary committee ranking member Jamie Raskin and his staff, shared exclusively with the Guardian, said that beyond refusing the demands for transparency around Epstein, who died in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, Trump has also undercut efforts to hold people accused of similar crimes accountable by systematically dismantling the offices and programs we rely on to combat human trafficking and prosecute sex crimes".
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