Trump, Jeffrey Epstein and DOJ
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The leading role the former “first buddy” took in stoking the Epstein controversy shows how he remains a potent political risk for Trump months after he publicly left the White House.
A Florida federal judge rejected the Justice Department's bid to unseal grand jury testimony tied to investigations of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Trump’s executive order, signed July 24, directs the DOJ to facilitate state and local access to Epstein-related materials, including grand jury testimony, amid House Oversight Committee pressure. The order might unlock new details on Epstein’s operations, with Maxwell’s testimony potentially implicating others, as suggested by her lawyer.
Trump called people demanding more transparency in the Epstein investigation "troublemakers" and "radical left lunatics" in a Truth Social post.
Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned former girlfriend of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, finished 1 1/2 days of interviews Friday with U.S. Justice Department officials, answering questions “about 100 different people,
As part of the Trump administration’s effort to contain the backlash from their handling of the so-called Epstein files, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche spent a second day in Tallahassee today interviewing Ghislaine Maxwell.
A judge denied the Trump administration's request to unseal the transcripts despite calls from both sides of the aisle to release them.