The New York Times also published a photo of Trump and the sex offender financier posing with singer James Brown.

We don’t yet know the full story of the Trump administration’s sudden reluctance to release the Jeffrey Epstein files. Its reversal appears to have coincided with the president being told his name appeared in the files,

Yet as Trump has backed away from his promises of disclosure on Epstein, Maga commentators have started to turn on him. The disgraced former general Mike Flynn, a sometime ally who has become a political commentator, posted on social media reminding the president – in capital letters – that the “EPSTEIN AFFAIR IS NOT GOING AWAY”.

Mark Halperin argued Donald Trump "shouldn't be making decisions" about the Jeffrey Epstein case, citing the fact that Trump and Epstein were "close friends."

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche met with Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell today as the Trump administration and Republican lawmakers deal with public backlash over the administration’s handling of the so-called Epstein files.

Seth takes a closer look at Donald Trump hanging up on CNN after they asked him questions about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

Trump and Epstein met around the time Trump bought Mar-a-Lago in 1985, when Epstein was also living in Palm Beach, according to Trump, who told New York magazine in 2002 he had known Epstein for “15 years,