'Intense scrutiny': Dems press DOJ on Musk’s claim Trump is in Epstein files

House Democrats are pressing the Justice Department and FBI to confirm whether Elon Musk’s explosive claim that Donald Trump appears in the Jeffrey Epstein files is true, Axios reported Thursday.

In a letter first obtained by Axios, Reps. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) and Robert Garcia (D-CA) asked Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel to “immediately clarify” whether the president is named in the files – a claim Musk aired in a social media post Thursday.

Trump "is in the Epstein files," Musk wrote...