During Mr. Trump's first term, his labor secretary, Alexander Acosta, resigned following criticism of his handling of Epstein's 2008 plea deal when he was a federal prosecutor in Florida. Epstein served 13 months in a jail work-release program after he was originally accused of sexually abusing dozens of girls and young women.

While in Scotland, President Trump explained his split from Jeffrey Epstein, attributing it to Epstein's hiring of Trump Organization staff. He denied ever visiting Epstein's private island on Virgin Islands.

Speaker Mike Johnson of Shreveport recessed the House a day early as the debate over the sex offender Jeffrey Epsein's case escalated.

President Donald Trump on Monday took a break from his $10 million taxpayer-funded golf vacation in Scotland to announce new import tax increases on Americans and also to put forward a new explanation of why he broke from Jeffrey Epstein: because the child sex abuser was hiring away the help from Mar-a-Lago.

President Donald Trump floated a new excuse for the pubic-hair-signature-decorated birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein — and it was a doozy. The post Trump Floats New Excuse For Pubic Hair Letter To Jeffrey Epstein On White House Lawn — And It’s A Doozy first appeared on Mediaite.

A reporter from the Wall Street Journal was removed from the press pool for Donald Trump’s trip to Scotland this weekend because of the publication’s recent story on the president’s connections to Jeffrey Epstein.

Any time I say anything about Epstein, they’re like, ‘Why didn’t Joe Biden’s — why didn’t Joe Biden release the files?’ And this is what I say: Have you met Merrick Garland?” Tanden

A key House committee is looking into the investigation of the late Jeffrey Epstein for sex trafficking crimes.