{"id":2781,"date":"2025-12-13T11:41:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T17:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=2781"},"modified":"2025-12-13T11:41:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T17:41:40","slug":"washington-new-epstein-photos-fuel-trump-dems-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/washington-new-epstein-photos-fuel-trump-dems-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington: New Epstein Photos Fuel Trump-Dems Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WASHINGTON<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(trfnews.i234.me)<\/a> \u2014 House Democrats released a new batch of photos from Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s estate on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The release included three images that show President Donald Trump in social settings.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats said they are reviewing more than 95,000 images from the estate.<\/p>\n<h2>What Democrats released<\/h2>\n<p>The photos were shared by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee.<\/p>\n<p>They said the pictures raise new questions about Epstein\u2019s ties to powerful people.<\/p>\n<p>Some faces were redacted in the images.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats said the redactions were meant to protect victims and survivors.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Replace the image URL below with your actual file (example: jail booking photo or file image used by your newsroom). --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Democrats-just-hit-a-new-SHAMEFUL-LOW-in-their-anti-Trump-Epstein-hoax.png\" alt=\"File image used in Epstein coverage\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Epstein died in a New York jail in 2019 while awaiting trial.<\/p>\n<p>He faced federal charges tied to sex trafficking.<\/p>\n<h2>White House calls it a \u201choax.\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>The White House pushed back on the photo release.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson accused Democrats of \u201ccherry-picking\u201d images for politics.<\/p>\n<p>The White House has called the renewed focus on Trump and Epstein a \u201cDemocrat hoax.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump has denied knowing about Epstein\u2019s crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has said he cut ties with Epstein years before Epstein\u2019s 2008 conviction.<\/p>\n<h2>Deadline for federal files is near<\/h2>\n<p>The photo release comes as pressure builds to publish more federal records.<\/p>\n<p>A bipartisan law set a deadline for the Justice Department to release Epstein files.<\/p>\n<p>That deadline is Dec. 19, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>For background, readers can follow updates from national outlets:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/trump-appears-newly-released-photos-epstein-estate-2025-12-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters report on the photos and deadline<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/a33b35e4882a471b4fc29c51f806c8d2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AP report on the Oversight Committee dispute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/dec\/12\/epstein-photos-trump-clinton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian report on the image releases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/articles\/2025\/11\/where-is-democrats-transparency-on-epstein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House statement calling it a \u201choax\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Congress ramps up subpoenas talk<\/h2>\n<p>The photo release also landed amid an escalating fight inside Congress.<\/p>\n<p>The committee\u2019s Republican chair has warned of contempt steps in the inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>That includes threats tied to testimony requests involving the Clintons.<\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019m Chris Harper reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (trfnews.i234.me) \u2014 House Democrats released a new batch of photos from Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s estate on Friday. The release included three images that show President Donald Trump in social settings. Democrats said they are reviewing more than 95,000 images from the estate. What Democrats released The photos were shared by Democrats on the House Oversight&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/washington-new-epstein-photos-fuel-trump-dems-clash\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Washington: New Epstein Photos Fuel Trump-Dems Clash<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wpscp_schedule_draft_date":"","_wpscp_schedule_republish_date":"","_wpscppro_advance_schedule":false,"_wpscppro_advance_schedule_date":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"default","_google_business_share_type":"default","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[12],"tags":[3141,1808,3142,772,3035,3138,3140,3134,2209,3143,3132,3137,3133,3139,384,3036,3144,3136,3135,3145,3131,3146],"class_list":["post-2781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-bill-clinton-deposition","tag-clash","tag-contempt-of-congress","tag-crime","tag-epstein","tag-epstein-files","tag-epstein-files-transparency-act","tag-epstein-photos","tag-fuel","tag-ghislaine-maxwell","tag-house-oversight-committee","tag-james-comer","tag-jeffrey-epstein","tag-justice-department-deadline","tag-new","tag-photos","tag-political-fallout","tag-robert-garcia","tag-trump-epstein-photos","tag-trump-dems","tag-washington-dc","tag-washington","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2781"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2784,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2781\/revisions\/2784"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}