Last week, a report in The Wall Street Journal alleged that Trump sent Epstein a card on his 50th birthday in 2003, with a drawing of a naked woman and inscribed “may every day be another wonderful secret”. Trump immediately denied doing so, claiming: “it’s not my language … it’s not my words.” He added he did not “draw pictures of women”.

Speaking on a podcast, Allison Gill and Kel McClanahan outline a legal case aimed at ensuring more documentation is released.

House Speaker Mike Johnson just made clear that the lower chamber wouldn’t budge on the Jeffrey Epstein case until at least September.

In defending how his administration is handling supposed files on Jeffrey Epstein, he said "stupid" Republicans fell for a hoax.

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) responded to President Donald Trump’s recent name-calling by dismissing it as “strategy” to limit the Jeffrey Epstein controversy. Trump has attempted to clamp down on Republican lawmakers demanding further explanation on files pertaining to the case of Epstein,

President Donald Trump’s strategy has been to downplay the uproar over the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case as his supporters demand the Justice Department release much-hyped records in the investigation.

Six months into his second term, Trump’s Ukraine pivot is shaky, his Epstein strategy is backfiring, and Republicans are torching congressional norms because they can. The Washington Monthly politics roundtable unpacks the week’s unraveling.