Trump's comments from a largely overlooked exchange last summer about public access to the so-called Epstein files are suddenly relevant anew.

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.

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.

Police seized phone message pads from Epstein's Palm Beach mansion in 2005. Two messages were from Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump is facing a growing backlash from his MAGA base over his administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation files. The controversy has sparked internal divisions, public criticism from key allies,

Jon Stewart thinks President Donald Trump, for the first time in years, might actually be in trouble with his base. Trump’s lack of delivery on the long-hyped Jeffrey Epstein files, Stewart noted Monday night,

Lawmakers from the left are putting pressure on what has become a sensitive spot for Trump with his growingly frustrated base.

Donald Trump's approval rating has dropped in two polls as he faces criticism for his administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. The president lost six approval points in a Morning Consult poll and one point in a Napolitan News Service poll between surveys taken last month and this month.

Onetime concerns over fanning Epstein-related conspiracy theories have faded as Democratic candidates, members of Congress and party accounts attack Trump and seek to divide MAGA.

The president’s advisers have apparently hit on four ways they could seek to defuse the carnage sparked by the Department of Justice’s latest findings on the disgraced financier’s case.

President Trump is facing a growing backlash from his MAGA base over his administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case.