President Trump on Friday said he wouldn’t object to the release of all files tied to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as requested by the House Oversight Committee.

“I’m in support of them keeping it open. Innocent people shouldn’t be hurt, but I’m in support of keeping it totally open," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, when asked how he felt about the release of documents. "I couldn’t care less."

“You’ve got a lot of people that could be mentioned in those files that don’t deserve to be, you know, people, because he knew everybody in Palm Beach,” he added.

His comments came as the Department of Justice (DOJ) released its first batch of Epstein files to Congress. The move came in response to a subpoena from the Oversight Committee seeking transparency around the documents following weeks of turmoil over the Trump administration's........

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