Public interest in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal isn't going away. President Donald Trump has ordered the Department of Justice to ask a federal judge to unseal grand jury transcripts that led to the alleged child sex trafficker's arrest.

Trump has tried to damp down speculation, fanned mainly by Democrats, that the withheld files contain evidence of a deep connection between Trump and Epstein. Trump has reacted with outrage and disdain, even at members of his political base who have pressed for the files to be released.

This is the extraordinary—and moving—true story of how two teenage girls set off events which have engulfed Trump and hundreds of others.

Those factors, applied to the Epstein saga, appear muddled at best. Trump has called for “pertinent” grand jury records to come out. And one of the arguments DOJ previously made against disclosures was that it could damage the purported victims of Epstein’s alleged sex trafficking conspiracy, many of whom are still alive.

President Donald Trump was asked about the Department of Justice reaching out to Jeffrey Epstein’s former associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, for a new interview. Trump said the interview “sounds appropriate” but quickly pivoted to an unfounded accusation about President Obama.

A judge who faced Republican impeachment calls has been assigned to handle the Trump DOJ's request to release testimony tied to Jeffrey Epstein.