N.C.) said Wednesday that the Trump administration should "release the damn" Jeffrey Epstein files as the best way to put the whole issue in the rearview. Why it matters: The Justice Department's handling of evidence in the case driven the most enduring conflict between Trump and his MAGA base of this term — and the fallout has has roiled Congress.

As the Justice Department takes a new look at the Jeffrey Epstein case, Congress is now planning on getting involved. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle want answers, and they want them fast.

Some Texas Democrats are pressing for the release of records from the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation as the Trump administration scrambles to satisfy conservative voices demanding the same thing.

The daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. said the White House should make public the files on financier-turned-sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after the Trump administration released thousands of files on her father's 1968 assassination over objections from her and other relatives of the civil rights leader.

The president denied a report that he once sent Epstein a racy birthday letter, and directed his attorney general to release additional documents related to the convicted sex offender.

Alan Dershowitz urged the government to grant Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend immunity so that she can testify about his crimes.

Speaker Mike Johnson expressed unusual frustration with fellow Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, who is working with Democrats to force the release of the Epstein files.

Did U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi say that the Epstein file is "too graphic to release"? Did Fox News air a report about that supposed comment? No, none of that is true: The image with the purported quote originated