Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday openly questioned if Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex offender and longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, would be a credible witness as some lawmakers and federal officials move to speak with her amid the renewed focus on Epstein.

A recent newspaper report claims Trump wrote Epstein a salacious birthday letter back when the two were friends.

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.

A Wall Street Journal report late Thursday added new scrutiny to President Donald Trump’s relationship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Topline. Ghislaine Maxwell and the late financier Jeffrey Epstein worked as “partners in crime” to groom and abuse girls as young as 14, prosecutors claimed during closing arguments for ...

History repeats: Trump withdrew the U.S. from UNESCO in his first term, accusing the organization of being anti-Israel. The U.S. rejoined under President Joe Biden. Related: In February, the president fired the Kennedy Center’s board of trustees and replaced them with his own picks, who promptly elected him chairman of the board.

Ghislaine Maxwell is seen at the ETM 2014 Children's Benefit Gala at Capitale, New York City, on May 6, 2014. After being convicted of sex trafficking in December 2021 she is currently awaiting ...

Donald Trump, Melania Knauss, Jeffrey Epstein and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell pose together ... More at Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida, February 12, 2000. Getty Images

President Donald Trump’s effort to unseal Jeffrey Epstein-related grand jury transcripts has hit a temporary roadblock. The federal judge overseeing the Trump administration’s request to unseal records from Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell’s criminal case said Tuesday that the DOJ’s filing “does not adequately address” several factors the court must weigh when considering the disclosure of secret grand jury materials.