The investigation into Epstein's crimes began in Palm Beach, Florida, where he faced initial charges and entered a controversial plea deal. Trump, a former friend of Epstein, faces scrutiny due to past associations and a recent lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal over a lewd letter.

“Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein were both horny rich guys with an eye for young models,” Michael Gross, author of the 1995 book “Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women,” told USA TODAY. Now, their friendship plagues Trump's second term in the White House.

(Reuters) -Even as an uproar over files relating to Jeffrey Epstein engulfs President Donald Trump and Congress, the U.S. Supreme Court is due to wade into the controversy and decide whether to hear a bid by an associate of the late financier and convicted sex offender to overturn her criminal conviction.

A judge on Wednesday rejected a Trump administration request to unseal transcripts from grand jury investigations of Jeffrey Epstein years ago in Florida, though a similar request for the work of a different grand jury is pending in New York.

The Trump administration has been embroiled in a firestorm of backlash related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation this month.

Florida lawyer Roy Black, widely known for several high-profile cases from Jeffrey Epstein to William Kennedy Smith, has died at age 80.

Adding yet another Sunshine State connection to the whole saga, the WSJ has hired former GOP Sen. GEORGE LEMIEUX, the previous CHARLIE CRIST chief of staff when he was governor, who now works at the Florida firm Gunster Yoakley & Stewart, per POLITICO’s Josh Gerstein.

Terrell Bailey-Corsey could face federal charges after allegedly posting violent threats on X and Facebook about Jeffrey Epstein's client list.