The White House says Democrats are pulling a manufactured hoax following the release of emails by late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, mentioning Donald Trump.

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released three email exchanges, followed by the release of 20-thousand pages of documents by Republicans.

One email from 2011 claims the US President spent hours at Epstein's house with an unnamed victim.

Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper unpacked the reactions to this development.

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