The president’s directive follows weeks of uproar surrounding the handling of the so-called Epstein files and after Trump announced his plans to sue the Wall Street Journal after the paper published a bombshell report detailing a bawdy birthday card Trump allegedly gave to Jeffrey Epstein.

Online users shared a screenshot of the February 2025 letter, suggesting it contradicted a finding that Jeffrey Epstein didn't keep a "client list."

Attorney General Pam Bondi is coming under criticism from congressional Republicans growing increasingly frustrated with her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files scandal, which has badly divided the party and is now throwing work in the House off the rails.

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum visited Alcatraz on Thursday, where they are expected to announce plans to reopen the dilapidated California state prison that closed decades ago for being too expensive to operate and has since been transformed into a museum.

President Trump "would not recommend" that Attorney General Pam Bondi appoint a special prosecutor to handle the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday.

The Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a federal prosecutor in Manhattan who worked on the cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein,

According to the Reuters/Ipsos poll, 82 per cent of Democrats believe Donald Trump is hiding Jeffrey Epstein's so-called 'client list,' along with 62 per cent of Republicans.

The Trump administration is struggling to contain the fallout of a decision not to release any more records related to the wealthy financier’s sex trafficking investigation.