President Donald Trump is accusing some of his onetime supporters of being “weaklings” who are falling prey to Democratic “bullshit” about the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — concluding that he no longer wants their support.

Keep in mind: “ Ghislaine Maxwell did not testify during her 2021 trial and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who is set to meet with Maxwell, said earlier this week that no government official had attempted to contact Maxwell for information until the Trump administration.” ( The Hill)

Republicans are furious with the attorney general’s handling of the Epstein files, which has consumed Washington for weeks.

Shortly after 6 p.m., Johnson, Majority Leader Steve Scalise and other GOP leaders huddled with the GOP Rules members in Majority Whip Tom Emmer’s office. Inside the room, Johnson and his team laid out several options, according to three people with direct knowledge of the meeting.

Some of President Donald Trump's most loyal allies are dissatisfied with the decision to not release files from the Epstein case. Now, he's pushing back.

President Donald Trump has helped Speaker Mike Johnson survive every political storm of his speakership. Now, Johnson is stuck in a crisis of Trump’s own making over Jeffrey Epstein — and there’s no clear way forward without risking the ire of the speaker’s most critical ally.

Former Democratic Congressman Jamaal Bowman from New York joins 'The Weekend: Primetime' to discuss the ongoing pressure the Trump administration faces to release the Epstein files in full and the lengths the president has gone to in order to deflect.

The post Trump, GOP deflect Epstein controversy appeared first on Salon.com. President Donald Trump gave questions about late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein the brush on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump is under rare pressure from within his own party over how his administration is handling the Jeffrey Epstein case.

House Democrats sent a letter to lawyers of Jeffrey Epstein's estate on July 25 seeking a copy of Epstein's so-called "birthday book."