House Speaker Mike Johnson is urging for full transparency and public disclosure related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation as President Donald Trump and the Justice Department face backlash amid the handling of 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.

As congressional Republicans say they’d like to see more meaningful transparency related to the Epstein case, their votes suggest otherwise.

Sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was a "product of one or more elements of the intelligence community," Eric Weinstein, the mathematician and a former managing director of Thiel Capital, said during an appearance on the Diary of a CEO podcast, hosted by Steven Bartlett.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett dismissed allegations that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein worked for Israeli intelligence services, describing the claims from U.S. media figures as being part of “a vicious wave of slander and lies” against Israel.

The Green Eyeshade Award, with competitors drawing from the southeastern United States, honors The Palm Beach Post for crime, courts, law reporting.

Megyn Kelly duked it out with Ben Shapiro over the Epstein investigation as MAGA continues revolting against top Trump officials.