In 2007, while Bush was president, federal investigators at the FBI and U.S. attorney's office prepared to indict Epstein, but negotiations between Epstein’s lawyers and the U.S. attorney's office in Florida’s Southern District led by Alexander Acosta resulted in a secret deal that let Epstein avoid federal charges.

Tulsi Gabbard accused Barack Obama of orchestrating fake intelligence related to Russian interference in the 2016 election, alleging an attempt at a coup against Trump. Gabbard said she is providing documents to the DOJ,

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard joins ‘Fox & Friends’ to explain new findings alleging the Obama administration manufactured intelligence to frame a narrative that Russia was interfering in the 2016 election.

President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House on Tuesday that the Jeffrey Epstein files were made up by former FBI Director James Comey and former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden. A reporter asked Trump if there should be more transparency with the Epstein materials,

Trump has tried to distance himself from the Epstein fiasco, telling the media and his own supporters to stop talking about the convicted sex offender. In a Truth Social post on Wednesday, Trump lashed out at his own supporters and claimed that the scandal around the Epstein files was a “hoax” promoted by Democrats.

Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein?” President Donald Trump asked a reporter on July 8, amid flooding in central Texas. “This guy’s been talked about for years. You’re asking. We have Texas,

The copious confusion surrounding the Epstein files continues amid Trump initially blaming Obama before calling them a "hoax."

Trump’s former Vice President Mike Pence pushes for release of the Epstein files: ‘The time has come’ - ‘I think that anyone who participated or was associated with this despicable man ought to be held up to public scrutiny,