07/29/2025

What to Know about the Metastasizing Jeffrey Epstein Controversy

Here's why it's consumed Washington, D.C. for weeks

The Jeffrey Epstein controversy isn’t going away for President Donald Trump. In fact, it may be ramping up.

Three weeks after the Justice Department said there was nothing more to share about the years-old criminal case against Epstein, a convicted sex offender who died in 2019, the clamor for additional details has consumed Washington. Some MAGA leaders are accusing the Trump administration of hiding the truth. Congress has launched its own investigation. And new revelations about Trump’s long and close friendship with Epstein are raising questions about what the president knew about Epstein’s crimes and when he knew it.

Trump has uncharacteristically lashed out at his supporters, urging them to drop their obsession with the case. "Don't talk about Trump," he said last week, referring to himself in the third-person.

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