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Fact Check: Yes, Trump Tried to Have Epstein Grand Jury Docs Released but 3 Dem-Appointed Judges Stopped Him

By C. Douglas Golden November 17, 2025 at 6:00am

With the goings-on over the past week in Washington, D.C., you’d think that Donald Trump and his administration had not done a thing to release the Jeffrey Epstein files.

A quick recap: On Wednesday, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released three cherry-picked emails from the Epstein files that they claimed pointed toward Trump knowing more about Epstein than he had let on.

As the story has always been, the two knew each other from the Palm Beach social scene until the early 2000s, when they had some kind of falling out.

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Democrats, Department of Justice, Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, Liberal media, Media bias, Trump administration

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C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he's written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014. Aside from politics, he enjoys spending time with his wife, literature (especially British comic novels and modern Japanese lit), indie rock, coffee, Formula One and football (of both American and world varieties).

Birthplace

Morristown, New Jersey

Education

Catholic University of America

Languages Spoken

English, Spanish

Topics of Expertise

American Politics, World Politics, Culture