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The president denied a report that he once sent Epstein a racy birthday letter, and directed his attorney general to release additional documents related to the convicted sex offender.
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AFP on MSNJeffrey Epstein's legal saga and political falloutJeffrey Epstein, the man at the center of a conspiracy theory creating political headwinds for President Donald Trump, was facing federal charges of sex trafficking underage girls when he was found dead in his New York prison cell.
The case of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein dominated headlines once again this week as President Trump has struggled to manage the fallout over an FBI and Department of Justice memo that
Congress had until the end of day on Friday to pass the rescissions request, or the funding would have had to be spent as originally intended.
President Trump said the outrage among his supporters over the Epstein case was just the latest “scam” cooked up by Democrats.
The persisting furor over files related to accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has forced President Donald Trump into an unfamiliar role: trying to shut a conspiracy theory down.
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join John Yang to discuss the week in politics, including the MAGA debate over releasing the Epstein files intensifies and congressional Republicans deliver Trump a win by clawing back $9 billion in foreign aid and public media funding.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi weighed in on the fallout around the Trump administration's Epstein memo, calling it a "distraction."
President Trump directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to release “pertinent” grand jury testimony in the criminal case of the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Bondi says the Justice Department will seek to unseal the transcripts.