The president denied a report that he once sent Epstein a racy birthday letter, and directed his attorney general to release additional documents related to the convicted sex offender.

Trump has tried to damp down speculation, fanned mainly by Democrats, that the withheld files contain evidence of a deep connection between Trump and Epstein. Trump has reacted with outrage and disdain, even at members of his political base who have pressed for the files to be released.

This is the extraordinary—and moving—true story of how two teenage girls set off events which have engulfed Trump and hundreds of others.

Those factors, applied to the Epstein saga, appear muddled at best. Trump has called for “pertinent” grand jury records to come out. And one of the arguments DOJ previously made against disclosures was that it could damage the purported victims of Epstein’s alleged sex trafficking conspiracy, many of whom are still alive.

Nearly a dozen House Republicans have joined an effort to compel the release of all Jeffrey Epstein-related government files

In an interview on CNN’s Erin Burnett Out Front on Monday, Farmer said while waiting for Epstein to come out of his office, she noticed a “tall, imposing” man in the office that she recognized as Donald Trump.