Those strategies include appointing a special counsel who would be tasked with investigating the case and producing a comprehensive report on the matter. Officials have also suggested petitioning courts to unseal any remaining Epstein case files (the dead pedophile’s crimes took place in several different states,

MSNBC’s Ari Melber reports on the escalating MAGA meltdown and internal crisis sparked by President Trump’s DOJ and its handling of the Epstein files, as Trump continues to attempt to squash the story.

Trump is hiding Epstein case files; only 17% approve of his handling, sparking backlash across the GOP. Follow Newsweek's live blog.

The sustained backlash has exposed the hazards of the attorney general’s focus on courting President Trump, with the assumption that he maintains the total backing of his base.

Ghislaine Maxwell's family have questioned why the Trump administration have decided not to release the Epstein files to the public, despite claiming they would do so

Donald Trump very rarely loses control of his own story. But the Jeffrey Epstein saga is beyond his powers to quell.

Last week, the Justice Department and the FBI abruptly walked back the notion that there's an Epstein client list of elites who participated in the wealthy New York financier’s trafficking of underage girls.