President Trump ordered the Justice Department to investigate the dealings of Democrats with Jeffrey Epstein, after a week in which his own relationship with the convicted sex offender was in the spotlight.
President Trump’s announcement came after Democrats released emails earlier this week suggesting that Mr. Trump’s knowledge of Mr. Epstein’s sex trafficking operation was deeper than previously known.
The flashpoint was the Justice Department’s failure to turn over seized communications from a confidant of Mr. Comey’s, Daniel C. Richman, a law professor at Columbia University.