President Donald Trump will not push for Attorney General Pam Bondi to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate his administration’s management of the Jeffrey Epstein files, as the controversy consumes Congress and his MAGA base.

President Trump promised a lawsuit after The Wall Street Journal described a sexually suggestive letter that the newspaper says bore Trump’s name and was included in a 2003 album for Epstein’s 50th birthday.

After Trump described the Epstein saga as a "hoax," Musk wrote: "Wow I can’t believe Epstein killed himself before realizing it was all a hoax."

In the past week, the Epstein controversy caused turmoil among some of the MAGA base. Has it affected Trump's approval rating?

The FBI and DOJ said they do not plan to make future public disclosures related to their review of Epstein's case, stoking outrage among Trump's most vocal supporters.

Controversy has recently beset the White House, DOJ, and FBI, since the FBI/DOJ released a memo saying it had no evidence suggesting that Epstein didn’t kill himself or was blackmailing prominent individuals.

The Trump administration's handling of what are known as the Epstein files has been creating a firestorm within the president's MAGA base. NPR recaps a timeline of the controversy.

Former Vice President Mike Pence joined the chorus of Republicans calling on the Trump administration to release files about the case of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, telling CBS News in an interview that he believes the administration should release all of the files about Epstein -- breaking with the president he once served under.

The post Pelosi calls Epstein controversy “a distraction” appeared first on Salon.com. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi doesn’t have much in common with Donald Trump, but they can agree on a few things. Like the president, the California Democrat wishes the Jeffrey Epstein controversy would hurry up and go away.

A new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows that most Americans believe the Trump administration is hiding key information related to Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking case. Despite previous promises to release documents,