President Donald Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, setting a Dec. 19 deadline for the release of criminal files. Trump has offered conflicting statements on the Epstein files, at times supporting their release and at other times calling the issue a "Democrat hoax."

From Trump and Clinton to Prince Andrew and Steve Bannon, several high-profile figures have connections to the disgraced financier documented in previously released materials.

Shapiro dismissed a discharge petition for the Department of Justice to release files relating to Epstein as a distraction from Trump's presidency.

Days before Friday's deadline for the release of materials from the government's Epstein files, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, in an interview published in Vanity Fair, said that President Donald Trump "is in the file" but that "he's not in the file doing anything awful.

The Justice Department is required to make its records related to the late sex trafficker public by Friday, a deadline that was established by law under The Epstein Files Transparency Act after it passed through Congress by a near-unanimous margin and was signed into law by President Donald Trump last month.

Donald Trump’s White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles has chastised Attorney General Pam Bondi over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files saga. In an extraordinary and lengthy profile in Vanity Fair,

Political tensions rise over Jeffrey Epstein files as Rep. Jamie Raskin accuses Trump administration of suppressing evidence while Republicans cite Democratic inaction.

Critics have speculated the Trump administration could use the ongoing investigation exemption to withhold files, after the DOJ opened a new investigation into Epstein’s association with high-profile Democrats including former President Bill Clinton, Democratic megadonor Reid Hoffman and economist Larry Summers, as well as JP Morgan Chase.

Unredacted photos of President Trump from the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s estate — which oddly blurred the faces of women he posed with — reveal he was standing with “adult women models,” according to exclusive images obtained by The Post.