For nearly 15 years, the two men socialized together in Manhattan and Palm Beach, Fla., before a falling out that preceded Mr. Epstein’s first arrest.

The two socialized together frequently in New York City and Palm Beach from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. In 2002, Trump praised Epstein to a reporter as a “terrific guy” — and curiously added that he “likes beautiful women” on “the younger side.”

With backlash from his base not abating, the Justice Dept. asked a federal judge to unseal grand jury transcripts related to Epstein's 2019 indictment.

Speaking to CNN on Sunday, Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) spoke about the success of Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani in the New York City Mayoral Primary and accused the Democratic Party of using the Epstein case to distract from their party "tanking.

The unreleased evidence notably includes multiple documents related to two islands Epstein owned in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Little Saint James -- where his compound was located -- and Greater Saint James. According to the index, the files include a folder containing Island blueprints, photographs and other documents.

The president has been under intense political pressure from his base after Attorney General Pam Bondi withheld portions of investigative files on the disgraced financier.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) formally petitioned a Manhattan federal judge on Friday to unseal grand jury testimony from the Jeffrey Epstein prosecution. Federal prosecutors filed the request in the Manhattan Federal District Court,

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the Trump administration should release the documents related to disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself in a federal prison in 2019.

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