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.

President Donald Trump was pressed Friday morning on the investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein before departing for Scotland. When asked by reporters about Epstein and his longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell, President Trump redirected the focus.

Ankush Khardori is a senior writer for POLITICO Magazine and a former federal prosecutor at the Department of Justice. His column, Rules of Law, offers an unvarnished look at national legal affairs and the political dimensions of the law at a moment when the two are inextricably linked.

While the president's ties to Jeffrey Epstein have been public knowledge for years, Hill Republicans have been forced to confront those connections like never before.

Trump and Clinton's notes were part of a trove of birthday letters that Epstein's longtime associate and former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, compiled in a leather-bound album that she gave to Epstein as a gift for his 50th birthday.

Newly surfaced photos reveal for the first time that Jeffrey Epstein was a guest at President Donald Trump’s star-studded wedding to Marla Maples in 1993. The now-notorious pedophile was caught in the background of a picture taken of radio personality Howard Stern,

No images of the letter have been released, but a lawyer for Epstein’s victims says he knows exactly where it is and how to make it public.

Social media users shared the image in June 2025, following a DOJ memo rejecting allegations about an Epstein "client list."