During Mr. Trump's first term, his labor secretary, Alexander Acosta, resigned following criticism of his handling of Epstein's 2008 plea deal when he was a federal prosecutor in Florida. Epstein served 13 months in a jail work-release program after he was originally accused of sexually abusing dozens of girls and young women.

The White House is said to be concerned about the ongoing Epstein saga, amid Ghislaine Maxwell's meeting with the DOJ

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.

Any time I say anything about Epstein, they’re like, ‘Why didn’t Joe Biden’s — why didn’t Joe Biden release the files?’ And this is what I say: Have you met Merrick Garland?” Tanden

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi told President Donald Trump in May that his name appeared in Justice Department files related to financier Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender who died in prison,

The White House responded after the Wall Street Journal reported that Pam Bondi told Trump his name was in the Epstein files.

The case of Jeffrey Epstein, sex offender and former friend of the president, has blown up into a major headache for the White House.

Maria Farmer, who says she met Trump in Jeffrey Epstein's office, hit back hard at the White House in an interview with MSNBC's Jen Psaki.

The White House is dismissing a report that President Trump was told back in May that his name was among the "truckload" of people in the Epstein files. Meanwhile, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is meeting right now with convicted Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.

The White House is not denying that President Donald Trump's name appears in the files associated with financier Jeffrey Epstein, an administration official told Reuters on Wednesday.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on July 23, said that Donald Trump is pushing for the Epstein files to be declassified, while also wanting accountability for those who tried to keep the files under wraps.