Palm Beach County State Attorney Barry Krischer had tanked his own case, The Post sued. Now Bondi's petition is citing the case.

The Justice Department's filing came not long after Trump filed a libel lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch and others over the Thursday report about Trump's alleged birthday message sent to Epstein in 2003.

The Trump administration’s chaotic handling of the so-called Jeffrey Epstein files continued Friday as the Justice Department asked a federal judge to make public years-old grand jury testimony made behind closed doors against the convicted sex offender.

Some six years after his death, disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein is again in the spotlight, this one cast by President Trump’s unrelenting MAGA base.

There was no specific reason given for Maurene Comey's firing from the US attorney’s office in the Southern District of New York, according to a person who spoke to the Associated Press.

The U.S. Department of Justice has fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a federal prosecutor who worked on cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein.

A handful of congressional Republicans have raised questions about the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein case.