Judge wants to hear from Ghislaine Maxwell before unsealing of grand jury docs - Epstein files scandal shows no sign of abating despite Trump’s protest and Speaker shutting down House for summer recess,

President Trump is seeking an unprecedented amount of damages in his lawsuit challenging a Wall Street Journal report about his Jeffrey Epstein.

Democrats are continuing to hammer Trump on his handling of the issue: “We’re going to have to work as hard as we can,” Representative Hank Johnson tells Vanity Fair, “to break through to the American people.

Republicans on the House Rules Committee, fearing Democrats will introduce amendments related to Epstein, continue to oppose allowing any legislation to reach the floor.

After months of the base complaining Democratic leadership couldn’t land a blow on Donald Trump, House Democrats have seized on the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

As pressure mounts within Donald Trump’s own party to release the Epstein files, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell says that Trump is communicating his fear through his silence about a man he once called a “terrific guy.