ABC News senior political correspondent Rachel Scott reports on the political fallout of the DOJ’s handling of the Epstein case.

Even as news broke this past week that Trump had instructed Attorney General Pam Bondi to release grand jury testimony from the investigations into Epstein and his mistress, those same Democrats called the move an attempt to cover up the president’s involvement, given that it constituted less than full transparency.

The persisting furor over files related to accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has forced President Donald Trump into an unfamiliar role: trying to shut a conspiracy theory down.

GOP strategist Matt Wylie writes that by gaslighting the American people over Jeffrey Epstein, President Trump raises a troubling question: What’s in the files?

Senator Jon Ossoff talks with Jen Psaki about the issues that are resonating with voters he is encountering at political rallies, including Donald Trump's reluctance to deliver on his promise to release information in the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein,

House Democrats demand a public hearing on the Jeffrey Epstein case, seeking testimony from AG Bondi and FBI officials amid Republican divisions over released memo.

President Donald Trump and the White House are downplaying any potential political fallout from failing to release the Epstein Files, but pollsters and strategists tell the Daily Caller that they foresee the issue damaging the president’s brand heading into the 2026 midterm elections.

According to the news network, in the wake of MAGA outrage following this week’s DOJ and FBI announcement that there was no evidence of the long-rumored list of clients once held by the deceased American financier, child sex offender and sex trafficker Epstein, Bongino had been considering his exit over tensions with Bondi.

The Wall Street Journal’s July 17, 2025, report alleging Trump’s suggestive letter in Jeffrey Epstein’s 2003 birthday album ignited a $10 billion libel lawsuit and intensified calls for Epstein file disclosures,