Overview

• President Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on July 29 that Jeffrey Epstein “stole” spa staff from his Mar-a-Lago club, singling out Virginia Giuffre among those poached.
• He said he banned Epstein in the early 2000s after warning him not to hire Trump’s employees and accused him of ignoring those warnings until he was expelled.
• The Justice Department has filed motions to unseal sealed grand jury transcripts from the federal sex-trafficking investigation into Epstein, with judges yet to rule on the requests.
• Ghislaine Maxwell has given sealed interviews to DOJ officials and has offered to testify before Congress if granted immunity, a proposal the House Oversight Committee has rejected.
• Facing pressure from his MAGA base and bipartisan lawmakers, the administration continues to confront demands for greater transparency and release of additional Epstein case files.