President Trump has tried to attack, deflect and deny his way past the Jeffrey Epstein saga. He’s had less success than usual.

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

He—the president, their leader, the martyr who had endured scandals and prosecution and an assassin’s bullet on their behalf—had repeatedly told them it was time to move on, and that alone should suffice. Why, he groused, would the White House add fuel to the fire, would it play into the media’s narrative?

President Trump said the outrage among his supporters over the Epstein case was just the latest “scam” cooked up by Democrats.

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

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.

House Democrats are launching a bid to subpoena President Donald Trump’s Justice Department for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein