Thomas Massie says Epstein files need to be released ‘for the victims’ and demands a vote to release info - Bipartisan resolution forced House out early for August recess so Mike Johnson could dodge a

White House aides have made it clear that no one in the administration is allowed to talk about Epstein without high-level vetting as Trump attempts to change the subject.

Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie joined NBC's Meet the Press Sunday to talk about his efforts, along with California's Ro Khanna, to release information regarding Jeffrey Epstein, which has met stiff opposition from President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson.

Advisers and allies of President Donald Trump swarmed NBC News reporters to outline a new strategy of strict silence on the so-called "Epstein Files" flap. The post Trump Aides and Allies Swarm NBC News to Tell How Strictly They’ll Enforce Not Talking About Epstein first appeared on Mediaite.

President Donald Trump visited his golf course in Scotland before meeting with the president of the European Union as the U.S. and E.U. work toward an agreement on tariffs. Meanwhile, the president insists that Attorney General Pam Bondi had not told him his name is among the prominent figures in the Epstein files.

The Trump administration is under intensifying pressure to release sealed files related to the Jeffrey Epstein case, as the Department of Justice’s second-in-command held a second day of private meetings with convicted Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell and her legal team.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is meeting today with convicted Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell. NBC News’ Tom Winter, MSNBC Legal Correspondent Lisa Rubin, Writer-at-large at The Bulwark Tim Miller and Anthony Coley,

By 2017, Jeffrey Epstein was a social pariah. Even his right-hand woman, Ghislaine Maxwell, attempted to reinvent herself as a charity boss and was careful to no longer be pictured with the convicted sex offender.

The revelation that Attorney General Pam Bondi told President Donald Trump that his name was in the Jeffrey Epstein files has focused fresh attention on the president’s relationship with the wealthy financier.

As observer asked, in reference to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, “What exactly do Trump and his administration need cover for?”