Observers question ‘bizarre’ DOJ post defending Trump
Latest batch of Epstein documents released by U.S. Justice department
The U.S. Department of Justice has released the latest batch of documents from its investigations into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, revealing U.S. President Donald Trump travelled on Epstein’s private jet at least eight times between 1993 and 1996, according to an email in the release from a U.S. attorney. Shortly after releasing the latest trove, the Justice department stated some documents contain ‘untrue and sensationalist claims’ against Trump.
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The Department of Justice’s defence of Trump has raised the eyebrows of some observers who are questioning its political tone.
“Technically, this tweet is coming from our government. But it sounds like and reads like it’s coming from Trump’s lawyers,” Joe Walsh, a Trump critic and former Republican congressman, said on social media. “Trump has so completely corrupted our Justice Department.”
Kyle Cheney, senior legal affairs reporter for Politico, called it a “bizarre defensive post.”
He added that if any claims linked to Trump did have credibility, “then pursuing them, by definition, wouldn’t be weaponization.”
Following the latest release of documents, the DOJ posted Tuesday morning on X that “some of these documents contain untrue and sensationalist claims made against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election.
The DOJ continued: “To be clear: the claims are unfounded and false, and if they had a shred of credibility, they certainly would have been weaponized against President Trump already.”