Trump, Jeffrey Epstein
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President Donald Trump threatened to sue the Wall Street Journal over a story it published Thursday saying he sent a letter to the late disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Epstein's 50th birthday.
Intense clashing over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files has influenced betting markets about who could leave the Trump administration in 2025.
Elon Musk has weighed back into the Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein drama he helped create with a string of spicy social media posts. On Thursday, the president was pulled back into the Epstein saga after a Wall Street Journal article claimed Trump once sent the sex offender a letter including a drawing of a naked woman.
As the president resists calls to release government files on Jeffrey Epstein, a Wall Street Journal report claims that Trump sent a lewd letter to the disgraced financier in 2003.
Trump has tried to tamp down criticism of the decision by Attorney General Pam Bondi to keep documents related to Epstein from the public.
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How did the case start in Palm Beach County? Did Trump know him then? Why is it an endless source of fascination?
The Trump administration records releases on Jeffrey Epstein are finished, but transparency lawsuits may reveal what else the government has kept hidden.