In 2008, Epstein pleaded guilty in Florida on two state felony charges, paid restitution to three dozen victims, and registered as a sex offender. A decade later, Epstein pleaded not guilty in New York to multiple charges, including sex trafficking.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) told right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson that he supported the release of the Epstein files days after Trump’s Justice Department said the matter was effectively closed.

President Trump is facing a MAGA backlash over Jeffrey Epstein, and Trump’s broken 2024 pledge to release all files. MSNBC’s Ari Melber reports, joined by New York Times’ Emily Bazelon and Michael Grynbaum.

Some conservative Republicans in Congress are breaking with the President Donald Trump's handling of the case involving the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the latest development in a rare MAGA revolt against the administration.

Here is a timeline of Epstein and Trump’s relationship. Though it is not known when Epstein and Trump first met, Trump told New York magazine in 2002 that he had known Epstein for 15 years, which would date back to the late 1980s. “Terrific guy,” Trump said in the 2002 interview.

As congressional Republicans say they’d like to see more meaningful transparency related to the Epstein case, their votes suggest otherwise.

Seventy-nine percent of respondents said the Trump administration should disclose all the information it has on Epstein, while just 5% said it should not. An additional 17% said they were not sure.

Trump understands that his most committed fans will believe almost anything he tells them. Any discomfiting fact is instantly dismissed as a lie coming from the “Radical Left” (Democrats), the “FAKE NEWS” (non-Republican-aligned media),

President Trump is backing Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case, saying she “should release” whatever evidence she believes is credible. NBC News Senior Political Reporter Jonathan Allen joins Chris Jansing to report on the latest details.

MAGA’s disgruntlement with President Donald Trump over his team’s dismissal of the Jeffrey Epstein affair is turning into a political crisis, and a top pollster is comparing the fallout to the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan that hobbled former President Joe Biden.