The president gets low marks for his handling of the scandal. But polls suggest other issues are driving the popularity dip.

With no sign of the political firestorm ending, Trump urges his Justice Department to pursue former President Barack Obama for an alleged, and baseless, scheme to rig the 2016 election. Of the Epstein drama swirling around his presidency, he claimed, “I don’t follow it too much.”

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,

During a press gaggle yesterday, Donald Trump adamantly denied having any relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. "I don't even know what they're talking about," Trump stated in response to a reporter asking him about the Epstein birthday letter.

Donald Trump has said that pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell is something he is “allowed to do”. Maxwell, the ex-girlfriend of convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein who is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking, was interviewed by Trump administration officials in prison for the second day in a row on Friday.

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

In March 2024, Kennedy was roundly mocked online for defending his interactions with Epstein by, oddly, listing numerous other figures accused or convicted of horrendous acts with whom he’s also had run-ins, such as Harvey Weinstein, O.J. Simpson, and Bill Cosby.

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