Democrat slams US justice department’s release of Epstein files: ‘we are witnessing a full-blown coverup’ – as it happened

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• Handling of Epstein files is outrageous', say attorneys of his survivors

We can bring you more from the interview with housing secretary Steve Reed on Sky News' Trevor Phillips programme this morning (see this post for what Reed said about Peter Mandelson in the same interview).

When asked if the British government would comply with an extradition request from the US if there was a charge brought against Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Reed said he could not answer that question as it was an entirely hypothetical" one.