India, July 12 -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ignited a storm of controversy on Friday after directly referring to President Donald Trump as a "rapist" in a social media post. The New York congresswoman suggested that Trump's presence in the White House had interfered with the Justice Department's handling of matters related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

"Wow who would have thought that electing a rapist would have complicated the release of the Epstein Files?" she wrote on X.

The post quickly went viral, garnering over 10 million views and sparking backlash from Trump supporters and conservative commentators. Many accused AOC of defamation, pointing out that Trump has not been criminally convicted of rape.

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