US President Donald Trump has once again slammed what he calls the “Epstein hoax” as he responds to mounting scrutiny over what he knew about the disgraced financier. In a statement on Truth Social Mr Trump called Epstein the “Democrat’s problem” adding that he has a “country to run”.

His full statement read: “The Democrats are doing everything in their withering power to push the Epstein Hoax again, despite the DOJ releasing 50,000 pages of documents, in order to deflect from all of their bad policies and losses, especially the SHUTDOWN EMBARRASSMENT, where their party is in total disarray, and has no idea what to do.

“Some Weak Republicans have fallen into their clutches because they are soft and foolish. Epstein was a Democrat, and he is the Democrat’s problem, not the Republican’s problem! Ask Bill Clinton, Reid Hoffman, and Larry Summers about Epstein, they know all about him, don’t waste your time with Trump. I have a Country to run!”

It comes after US lawmakers released more than 20,000 pages of documents from the estate of the convicted sex offender Epstein, including some that mention Mr Trump.

The messages were released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, and are likely to pile even more pressure on President Trump over his relationship with Epstein.

The messages released largely predate his time as US President, with Mr Trump entering the White House for the first time in January 2017 following his November 2016 elections.

The White House swiftly dismissed the emails as a “fake narrative” pushed by Democrats ahead of a high-stakes House vote on full file release, with Republicans accusing the opposition of redacting names to smear the incoming administration.

In a 2016 deposition, Giuffre stated that she didn’t believe Trump was aware of any alleged sexual abuse of minors in Epstein’s home. “I don’t think Donald Trump participated in anything,” she said, as per documents unsealed in 2024.

“That would have to be another assumption. I never saw or witnessed Donald Trump participate in those acts, but was he in the house of Jeffrey Epstein? I’ve heard he has been, but I haven’t seen him myself, so I don’t know.”

Trump has consistently denied any misconduct related to the Epstein case, has not been accused of any crimes by law enforcement and has never been identified as the subject of any investigation.