The White House said: “By releasing thousands of pages of documents, co-operating with the House Oversight Committee’s subpoena request, and President Trump recently calling for further investigations into Epstein’s Democrat friends, the Trump Administration has done more for the victims than Democrats ever have.”
Residents of the the city that was ravaged by civil war seem keen to get rid of the symbols of the Assad regime.
The opt-out comes despite the US increasing pressure on allies to sever economic ties with Russia.
The victim’s mother told the court: “The brutality of her murder will haunt us for the rest of our lives.”