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Trump Will Not Recommend Special Prosecutor in Epstein Case
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U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services' sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019. New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services' sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019. (Reuters File)

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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump will not recommend a special prosecutor in the Jeffrey Epstein case, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday.

“The president would not recommend a special prosecutor in the Epstein case. That’s how he feels,” Leavitt told reporters.

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(Reporting by Steve Holland and Nandita Bose in Washington; Editing by Chris Reese)

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