President Donald Trump has helped Speaker Mike Johnson survive every political storm of his speakership. Now, Johnson is stuck in a crisis of Trump’s own making over Jeffrey Epstein — and there’s no clear way forward without risking the ire of the speaker’s most critical ally.

President Trump has come under fire from a section of his MAGA base over his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case.

Keep in mind: “ Ghislaine Maxwell did not testify during her 2021 trial and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who is set to meet with Maxwell, said earlier this week that no government official had attempted to contact Maxwell for information until the Trump administration.” ( The Hill)

The post Trump, GOP deflect Epstein controversy appeared first on Salon.com. President Donald Trump gave questions about late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein the brush on Tuesday.

Democratic political strategist James Carville weighed in on the pressure from President Trump’s MAGA base for the Justice Department (DOJ) to release more files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein,

In March 2024, Kennedy was roundly mocked online for defending his interactions with Epstein by, oddly, listing numerous other figures accused or convicted of horrendous acts with whom he’s also had run-ins, such as Harvey Weinstein, O.J. Simpson, and Bill Cosby.

House Republican leaders who have tried to contain the furor over the Jeffrey Epstein files lost their grip on the matter this week — and surrendered control of the wider operations of the lower chamber.