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Trump signs Epstein files bill; Greene quits, cites pedophile cover-up.

6/12/2026

Summary

Story summary

President Donald Trump signed the bill that forces the Justice Department to release the Epstein Files.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene accused Trump of protecting elite pedophiles and said he warned his friends would be hurt if the files were released.
Greene resigned from Congress in January, citing the feud with Trump and noting she had received hundreds of death threats.

History

Historical Context

Ken Starr’s independent-counsel probe of the 1993 Whitewater scandal culminated in the September 9 1998 Starr Report—a 453-page file viewed by about 20 million Americans—that exposed President Bill Clinton’s Lewinsky affair. The report triggered a House impeachment inquiry on October 8 1998 and Clinton’s impeachment on December 19 1998—the first since Andrew Johnson in 1868—showing how forced disclosures can topple leaders, a pattern later seen with Donald Trump’s impeachments.

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Story summary

President Donald Trump signed the bill that forces the Justice Department to release the Epstein Files.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene accused Trump of protecting elite pedophiles and said he warned his friends would be hurt if the files were released.
Greene resigned from Congress in January, citing the feud with Trump and noting she had received hundreds of death threats.

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