Efforts to draw a wedge in the GOP over the Epstein files were taking place as far away as Texas this week, where Gene Wu, chair of the state’s House Democratic Caucus, offered an amendment to delay Republicans’ mid-decade redistricting efforts until after the release of Epstein materials.

Hours of prison interviews with Ghislaine Maxwell were released by the DOJ. Maxwell is the only person convicted in Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking case.

"Innocent people shouldn’t be hurt but I’m in support of keeping it totally open, I couldn’t care less," Trump said during a White House event Aug 22.

President Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal, its owner Rupert Murdoch, and the reporters who published a story in July describing a "bawdy" letter from Trump that the newspaper said was part of the birthday book assembled for Epstein by Maxwell.

Jeffrey Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell claimed his 2019 death was a murder, not suicide, in newly released prison interview transcripts.

Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell told the DOJ that President Trump was "a gentleman in all respects" and that she never saw him do anything inappropriate.