US President Donald Trump’s supporters attending a Turning Point USA gathering in Phoenix, Arizona talk about the potential release of a trove of documents relating to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Friday, 19 December, is the legal deadline for the US department of justice to release its files pertaining to its investigations into late convicted sex offender and financier.
The words “Epstein files” have been haunting the administration of US President Donald Trump for months.
Pressure was building from Trump’s own supporters and from voices within his own Republican Party for more transparency on what the federal investigations into Epstein uncovered. After weeks of resisting release, Trump reversed course and urged Republicans to vote to open the Epstein files to public scrutiny.