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.

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.

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)

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.

In March 2024, Kennedy was roundly mocked online for defending his interactions with Epstein by, oddly, listing numerous other figures accused or convicted of horrendous acts with whom he’s also had run-ins, such as Harvey Weinstein, O.J. Simpson, and Bill Cosby.

President Trump is urging his to move past the Jeffrey Epstein case, but pressure is mounting for his administration to release more.

President Trump has come under fire from a section of his MAGA base over his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case.

A key House committee is looking into the investigation of the late Jeffrey Epstein for sex trafficking crimes, working to subpoena President Donald Trump's Department of Justice for files in the case.

Democratic political strategist James Carville weighed in on the pressure from President Trump’s MAGA base for the Justice Department (DOJ) to release more files related to convicted sex

Inside his cavernous office on Monday afternoon, Speaker Mike Johnson was facing a growing crisis. The House GOP conference, which included some of the Louisiana Republican's key allies, was in full rebellion over the spiraling Jeffrey Epstein situation.

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.

The New York Times also published a photo of Trump and the sex offender financier posing with singer James Brown.