I think it seems pretty clear to the vast majority of Americans, as you're pointing out,

this evening, Lawrence, that Donald Trump's got one major interest in this whole affair at this

point, which is burying any information that reveals the connection between him and Jeffrey

Epstein.

We know that they had more than a thousand FBI agents working 24-hour shifts looking for

mentions of Donald Trump to name in the Epstein files and looking for photographs of him,

video snippets of him, whatever it might be.

And then when that process was completed, that's when Donald Trump quickly moved

to sweep the whole thing under the rug.

Hi again, everybody. It's now five o'clock in the east. That was the top Democrat on the House

Judiciary Committee speaking on this network last night, reiterating the eyebrow-raising conduct

from the Trump administration when it comes to what is in the Epstein

files and the decision not to release them. There are files that, as you heard Congressman Jamie

Raskin say, Donald Trump is trying desperately to distract from now that he's decided not to release

them, but no matter how much he tries to hide from the facts,

due to the conspiracies that he jinned up years ago, and now the further questions, he's

prompting the actual tragedy and the scandal around it shows no signs of abating.

Republicans in the House already tried to run away from the issue by taking an August recess

early, like in July, to avoid voting on this matter. The lawmakers have to come back eventually,

and they're due back in Washington next month. Already, some are making clear that they're determined

not to allow this to be swept under the rug.

Democratic Congressman Rocana and Republican Congressman Thomas Massey will hold a press

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