Ghislaine Maxwell files Supreme Court appeal after president says he turned down island invite - Questions over president’s friendship with late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have followed him across t

Questions persist about how Jeffrey Epstein, who once moved among the world's elite, was able to avoid federal prosecution for so long. A timeline suggests some answers.

As controversy over President Donald Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein continues to dog his administration, we speak with investigative journalist Vicky Ward, who has spent decades reporting on the deceased sexual predator,

Jeffrey Epstein reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors in 2007 when George W. Bush was president and Alex Acosta was the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida. The agreement was reached months before Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008.

Trump on Friday did not rule out a possible pardon for Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence after being convicted of helping Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. He told reporters that he hasn’t “thought about” pardoning Maxwell, but noted he is “allowed” to do it.

As President Donald Trump struggles to contain the fallout over his ties to the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, lawmakers on Capitol Hill and officials within his own administration are turning to Ghislaine Maxwell, the financier’s longtime co-conspirator and sometime girlfriend.

President Donald Trump says he “never had the privilege” of going to Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious child sex island and suggests the reason they fell out was because the disgraced financier stole his staff.

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