Key Takeaways
- • Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), a member of the House Judiciary Committee, accused the Department of Justice of covering up alleged ties between President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein and called for an investigation, according to a Forbes Newsroom interview.
- • House Judiciary Democrats released a report of more than 50 pages titled "'We Have Certain Things in Common, Jeffrey': The Case Against Donald Trump Emerging in the Epstein Files and DOJ's Desperate Efforts to Cover It Up."
- • The report claims Trump was "an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s" and alleges the DOJ and FBI are concealing his connections to Epstein.
- • Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing related to Epstein.
Summary
Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN), a member of the House Judiciary Committee, joined the Forbes Newsroom to discuss the report. In the interview, Cohen accused the DOJ of covering up Trump's ties to Epstein and called for an investigation. The full interview was published by Forbes.
Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing related to Epstein. The available coverage does not include a detailed response from the Department of Justice or the FBI. Further details on the report's specific evidence were not available in the sources reviewed.
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