During Mr. Trump's first term, his labor secretary, Alexander Acosta, resigned following criticism of his handling of Epstein's 2008 plea deal when he was a federal prosecutor in Florida. Epstein served 13 months in a jail work-release program after he was originally accused of sexually abusing dozens of girls and young women.

The political divide over documents related to the late Jeffrey Epstein grew in the Senate this week, where Democrats pushed for transparency while Republicans argue Congress has limited power to release the files.

The House left a day early for a summer break that Sen. Chuck Schumer has dubbed "the Epstein recess" as Democrats try to capitalize on a major pain point for Republicans.

Democrats are urging voters to hound Republicans over the Epstein scandal in a series of attack ads. The adverts about the late paedophile and his friendship with President Donald Trump will run in a dozen Republican-held House of Representatives districts over the August recess, Axios reported.

Members of Iowa’s all-Republican federal delegation say they were supportive of releasing information related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — but said the push in Congress to compel the U.

Federal prosecutors amassed millions of records during the sex trafficking investigation and prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice and former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell.

President Donald Trump skipped town on Friday to head to Scotland, leaving the firestorm surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein scandal behind him. But as the week has proven, the crisis is not going anywhere anytime soon.

House Republicans on Monday blocked a Democratic effort to compel the Trump administration to release records related to the late, disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Long Island’s four U.S. House members all say the Trump administration should release records surrounding the case of Jeffrey Epstein. Release of the files has consumed Capitol Hill and the White House as President Donald Trump continues to balk at calls from some of his most ardent supporters to unseal the documents.