The Justice Department said unsealing grand jury transcripts related to Epstein's case is necessary given "longstanding and legitimate" public interest in the case.

Former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Stacey Williams told CNN her ex-boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein and president Donald Trump "were best friends" when she knew the pair. "I have plenty of anecdotes," she also said.

A Wall Street Journal report late Thursday added new scrutiny to President Donald Trump’s relationship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

"All the work that we did to tell the world what happened to us, it’s all being erased," victim Danielle Bensky said.

For nearly 15 years, the two men socialized together in Manhattan and Palm Beach, Fla., before a falling out that preceded Mr. Epstein’s first arrest.

Trump called people demanding more transparency in the Epstein investigation "troublemakers" and "radical left lunatics" in a Truth Social post.

"Washington Week" host Jeffrey Goldberg and his panel discuss the Trump administration's approach to the Jeffrey Epstein case. JEFFREY GOLDBERG, THE ATLANTIC, 'WASHINGTON WEEK' HOST: I want, I want to move to the -- I will be revisiting this again,

Trump said the release of grand jury testimony linked to Jeffrey Epstein’s indictment will not be “good enough” for those seeking more information on Epstein and his associates.