Overview

• President Trump told reporters he ended his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein after discovering he “stole” spa employees from Mar-a-Lago and identified Virginia Giuffre among them.
• A joint DOJ-FBI memo published July 7 concluded there is no credible evidence of a secret client list or blackmail scheme in the Epstein files and ruled out further disclosures.
• Bipartisan motions and subpoenas in Congress seek to unseal grand jury transcripts and additional documents despite the DOJ’s refusal to release more records.
• Ghislaine Maxwell, serving a 20-year sentence, has offered to testify before the House Oversight Committee only if granted immunity from prosecution, a request the panel has declined.
• The dispute underscores tensions between White House transparency pledges, congressional oversight efforts and Maxwell’s conditional cooperation in the Epstein investigation.