https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trum...terest-2099526

Late on Monday night, a handful of House Republicans blocked a move that would have forced the administration to release files related to the Epstein investigation. The motion was defeated by a vote of 5 to 7, with Republican Ralph Norman voting alongside Democrats in favor of releasing the documents.

In a clip, which has been viewed over 4 million times, Trump is asked by a reporter why he thinks his supporters in particular have been so interested in Epstein, to which he replied: "I don't understand it. Why they would be so interested, he's dead for a long time. It was never a big factor in terms of life."

He added: "I think really only pretty bad people including fake news wanna keep something like that going."