• Gabbard pushes report on Obama and Russia probe as Trump faces pressure over Epstein

    Gabbard pushes report on Obama and Russia probe as Trump faces pressure over Epstein

    Jul 23, 2025 10:43 PM EDT

    Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard ramped up efforts to sow doubt about the investigation that found Russia interfered in the 2016 election. Gabbard pushed claims about former President Obama and called it the “most egregious weaponization and politicization of intelligence in American history.” Nick Schifrin reports. ... Geoff Bennett: And ...

  • Trump sues Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over story reporting on Epstein ties

    Trump sues Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over story reporting on Epstein ties

    Jul 19, 2025 03:32 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch Friday, a day after the newspaper published a story reporting on his ties to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein. The move came shortly after the Justice Department asked a federal court ...

  • What to know about the dismissal of the Epstein files by Trump's Justice Department

    What to know about the dismissal of the Epstein files by Trump's Justice Department

    Jul 17, 2025 03:51 PM EDT

    ... sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. For years, Trump and some members of his administration fanned conspiracy theories about the content of the files. But in a rapid reversal, some conservative influencers who criticized the Trump administration's handling of the "Epstein files" are now telling fellow skeptics to move on. Trump ...

  • A look at the split in Trump's base over the Epstein files

    A look at the split in Trump's base over the Epstein files

    Jul 14, 2025 10:33 PM EDT

    ... cover-up continues. William Brangham reports. ... William Brangham: The handling of disgraced sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's case continues to roil the MAGA world. After repeatedly claiming that there were scandalous criminal details about Epstein being hidden from the public, now some of those same people, having joined the Trump ...

  • Bondi defends handling of Epstein investigation but admits 'redaction errors'

    Bondi defends handling of Epstein investigation but admits 'redaction errors'

    May 29, 2026 10:45 PM EDT

    ... that the DOJ follow through on some of the investigative leads that are revealed and some of the names that have been released in the Epstein files. Geoff Bennett: And, as we have reported on this program, President Trump's own relationship with Epstein has come under scrutiny. The president ...

  • Epstein's former attorney testifies to House committee, says he didn't know about the abuse

    Epstein's former attorney testifies to House committee, says he didn't know about the abuse

    Mar 20, 2026 04:52 PM EDT

    ... Survivors and victims of Jeffrey Epstein deserve to know the truth. Oversight Democrats will not stop until there's full transparency about everyone complicit in Epstein's crimes." WATCH: 'The abuse was real,' Epstein survivor implores Trump, who again calls case a 'hoax' | PBS News Trump has consistently denied any ...

  • WATCH: Trump touts economic agenda, campaigns against Rep. Massie in Kentucky

    WATCH: Trump touts economic agenda, campaigns against Rep. Massie in Kentucky

    Mar 11, 2026 03:50 PM EDT

    ... Kentucky's Republican primary on May 19. Massie is an outspoken Trump critic who opposed the White House-backed tax and spending measure and bucked Trump by pushing to have files related to the sex trafficking investigations into Jeffrey Epstein released. WATCH: Trump calls GOP Rep. Massie, who fought for ...

  • Republicans finally questioned the Clintons about Epstein. They also asked about UFOs and pizzagate

    Republicans finally questioned the Clintons about Epstein. They also asked about UFOs and pizzagate

    Mar 03, 2026 07:59 PM EDT

    ... showed there is no evidence that Trump ever did anything wrong in his own relationship with Epstein. Democrats, meanwhile, said Clinton's testimony counters what Trump has said more recently about why he and Epstein had a falling-out. Trump has told reporters they had a disagreement because Epstein had ...

  • Fact-checking Trump's State of the Union claims on the economy, immigration and crime

    Fact-checking Trump's State of the Union claims on the economy, immigration and crime

    Feb 25, 2026 05:13 PM EDT

    ... discuss the release of government files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, an issue Trump pivoted on after undermining efforts to release them, although some Epstein victims were in attendance. WATCH: Analysis of Trump's 2026 State of the Union address Dozens of Democrats skipped Trump’s address and attended ...

  • WATCH: Bondi sidesteps questions about Epstein files at press conference

    WATCH: Bondi sidesteps questions about Epstein files at press conference

    Nov 19, 2025 09:13 PM EDT

    ... would be withheld because of a new investigation by the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan. WATCH: What comes next after Congress votes to release the Epstein files Bondi recently assigned Manhattan U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton to investigate Epstein’s ties to Trump’s political foes after a demand from ...