00:00U.S. President Donald Trump has directed the Justice Department to provide information about a disgraced sexual offender, Jeffrey Epstein.
00:09In a social media post late Thursday, Trump urged Attorney General Pam Bundy to produce any and all pertinent grand jury testimonies subject to court approval.
00:22Bundy responded by saying the Justice Department was ready to unseal the grand jury transcript.
00:27Epstein, a one-time Trump friend, died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal charges of trafficking of underage girls.
00:38Trump's order to the Justice Department comes as controversy over his handling of records from the Epstein probe entered a new dimension on Thursday as its administration struggles to fulfill promises to release details on the sex trafficking case.
00:53It also comes amid a sexually provocative letter that the Wall Street Journal claims held Trump's name and was used on the 2003 record for Epstein's 50th birthday.
01:06Trump denied drafting the letter, calling it fake.
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