New York, Feb 17 (EFE).- U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he has 'nothing to hide' regarding deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and assured he is 'exonerated,' in contrast to former President Bill Clinton and 'many other Democrats.' 'I have nothing to hide. I have nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein,' stated the head of state to the press on the presidential plane when asked about accusations from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that she and her husband are being dragged into the case and the Trump administration is hiding something. 'In fact, Epstein was fighting to prevent me from being elected with some author, a vague one, by the way, and I have been totally exonerated. They are being dragged into it, and it's their problem,' Trump reiterated. The Clintons have agreed to testify before Congress in the Epstein investigation on February 26 and 27, although neither has been accused of any wrongdoing. Trump took the opportunity to attack them, stating that 'Clinton and many other Democrats have been dragged' into the scrutiny of documents from the Epstein investigation, who committed suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking of minors. Previously, Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 in Florida to state charges for soliciting prostitution from a minor, after which he was classified as a sex offender. The Department of Justice has published over three million pages of documents, 2,000 videos, and 180,000 images related to the Epstein investigation, but the process has been criticized by lawmakers and victims for delays and privacy failures that led to the temporary removal of thousands of files. The publication was made in compliance with a law that requires the disclosure of all documents related to the case of the deceased millionaire, who was linked to Trump mainly in the 1980s and 1990s, as well as to former President Clinton, former Prince Andrew of England, and other high-profile figures. Last week, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt insisted that Trump broke off his relationship with Epstein, but did not clarify if the Republican knew of his crimes.
