In a largely overlooked exchange last summer, Donald Trump's 2024 comments about public access to the so-called "Epstein files" are suddenly relevant anew.

Democrats are pressuring Trump officials to release long-promised Epstein files, while Trump says the files were "made up" by his rivals.

President Donald Trump outraged many of his supporters after the Justice Department published an unsigned memo saying it would not release any more documents related to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. For years, Trump and some members of his administration fanned conspiracy theories about the content of the files.

From cable studios to Capitol Hill, some of the Make America Great Again movement’s loudest boosters are suddenly training their fire on the man who inspired the slogan, exposing the first serious public rift inside the pro-Trump universe.

The House Speaker said he is "for transparency," in a moves that breaks with Trump's calls to move on from the Epstein case review.

Here is a timeline of Epstein and Trump’s relationship. Though it is not known when Epstein and Trump first met, Trump told New York magazine in 2002 that he had known Epstein for 15 years, which would date back to the late 1980s. “Terrific guy,” Trump said in the 2002 interview.

Trump said “I think so,” when asked if Bongino is still deputy FBI director. But Bongino’s job remains in limbo amid his feud with Pam Bondi.

MSNBC’s flagship morning show has rolled a damning montage of just some of the countless times Donald Trump and his allies bashed Democrats for their handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case and promised to release full details of the financier’s crimes.