Congressional Republicans say they don’t believe that the materials from the estate of the late Jeffrey Epstein demonstrate close ties between the convicted sex offender and Donald Trump — caught between the president’s furor and a base clamoring for answers around the Justice Department’s handling of the case.

The White House has continued to deny that Trump wrote a note in the so-called birthday book celebrating Epstein’s 50th birthday, which was subpoenaed by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and a released in full Monday. The image in the book, bearing what appears to be Trump’s signature, resembles the outline of a…

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