David Hogg was ousted as vice chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) earlier this year. (GABY VELASQUEZ/ EL PASO TIMES / USA TODAY NETWORK)
"This is a guy that ran for president talking about, caring about, law and order, and yet he is hiding the Epstein files in one of the greatest criminal cover-ups in American history," DNC vice chair, Malcolm Kenyatta, told Fox News Digital at the DC summit.
Seizing on the Republicans' demand for transparency on Epstein during former President Joe Biden's administration, Trump campaigned in 2024 on releasing the "Epstein files" and his allegedly incriminating "client list."
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But Trump's Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI released a memo this month concluding that Epstein died by suicide in his cell, there is no "client list," and the supposed "Epstein files" are thousands of illegal child sex abuse material and other pornography subject to court-ordered sealing.
California Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna is one of several Democrats leading the Epstein transparency charge. He tied a procedural vote on releasing all Epstein files to an unrelated crypto bill earlier this month.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., accompanied by President Donald Trump, speaks to members of the media as they depart a House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol on May 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
The Silicon Valley representative said he would "like nothing more than to get past this, for the president to release all the files, and let's build trust and move on."
Khana said the victims' names should be redacted and "they shouldn't be sending out any salacious child pornography or anything explicit, obviously."
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But he urged the Trump administration to release "everything else" so the American people know "who was implicated, what business leaders, what political leaders, foreign leaders [and] get the facts out there."
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
Deirdre Heavey is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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