McCarthy says Democrats never asked about Epstein files when he was speaker

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Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Thursday suggested that Democrats attacking President Donald Trump over his handling of investigations into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are hypocrites. 

Democrats have ramped up pressure against Trump for not releasing Epstein’s “client list” and other information, even as the Department of Justice says no such list exists and the president has accused the Left of planting “hoaxes” and spreading “fake news” about the now-deceased sex offender.

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