Overview

• On July 23, Congress subpoenaed sealed Justice Department and FBI records related to Epstein’s network, seeking full declassification.
• Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche completed a two-day interview of Ghislaine Maxwell, who responded to questions on Epstein’s associates without securing leniency.
• The Wall Street Journal’s July 25 report on 2003 birthday letters from Trump and Clinton to Epstein prompted Trump’s public denial of authorship and deflection toward Clinton’s island visits.
• President Trump reaffirmed that he never visited Epstein’s Little St. James Island and has no ties to the financier’s crimes.
• On July 26, Mark Epstein disputed the 2019 suicide determination, citing forensic opinions that suggested his brother’s death resembled a homicide.