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The Jeffrey Epstein story was still metastasizing on August 11, with Trump’s old association with the disgraced financier drawing fresh scrutiny and the administration trying to keep the story from turning into a political bloodbath. The bigger problem was that the public wanted answers, while Trump-world kept offering evasions, distance, and too-clever-by-half defenses.
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The Jeffrey Epstein story was still metastasizing on August 11, with Trump’s old association with the disgraced financier drawing fresh scrutiny and the administration trying to keep the story from turning into a political bloodbath. The bigger problem was that the public wanted answers, while Trump-world kept offering evasions, distance, and too-clever-by-half defenses.
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The Jeffrey Epstein story was still metastasizing on August 11, with Trump’s old association with the disgraced financier drawing fresh scrutiny and the administration trying to keep the story from turning into a political bloodbath. The bigger problem was that the public wanted answers, while Trump-world kept offering evasions, distance, and too-clever-by-half defenses.
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