According to a former Donald Trump communications official, there is no way that the president and his White House should be at the center of the Jeffrey Epstein files scandal which should be handled instead by the Department of Justice.

The leading role the former “first buddy” took in stoking the Epstein controversy shows how he remains a potent political risk for Trump months after he publicly left the White House.

Both President Trump and congressional Republican leaders appear eager to run out the summer clock on the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Trump being told he was named in the Epstein files months ago, Trump demanding his administration to stop talking about the scandal and Biden selling his memoir for $10 million.

The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Attorney General Pam Bondi informed Trump in May that his name was included in the Epstein files related to the sex trafficking case. The revelation comes after weeks of speculation surrounding the files as Trump has repeatedly tried to distract MAGA from the Epstein case.

You’re making a very big thing over something that’s not a big thing,” President Donald Trump told reporters questioning him about Jeffrey Epstein.

President Donald Trump skipped town on Friday to head to Scotland, leaving the firestorm surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein scandal behind him. But as the week has proven, the crisis is not going anywhere anytime soon.

President Trump can’t seem to escape fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal as questions swirl about the meeting between Deputy AG Todd Blanche and Ghislaine Maxwell. Former congressman Conor Lamb and Republican strategist Annalyse Keller join The Weekend to discuss.