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,

Donald Trump has named Bill Clinton and a former Harvard president as men with ties to Jeffrey Epstein as he seeks to negate the ongoing fallout over the child sex trafficker. As more reports emerge about Trump’s past relationship with Epstein,

The Trump Administration has tried—and failed—to put tensions over its handling of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's case to bed for weeks. But they’ve only continued to escalate as news outlets have reported new information related to President Donald Trump’s years-long relationship with Epstein and potential inclusion in files related to the case.