President Donald Trump and his aides have settled on silence as a strategy to stamp out criticism of his refusal to release files detailing the federal government's investigation of Epstein, according to a senior administration official and Republicans familiar with the White House's thinking.

President Donald Trump is highlighting a different criminal justice issue — cashless bail.

Maxwell is a longtime associate of wealthy financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

On his way out of the U.S. to visit Scotland, Donald Trump told reporters that he had no relationship with convicted child sex predator Jeffrey Epstein. As the Epstein files controversy consumes both the White House and the Department of Justice,