Overview

• The Department of Justice and the FBI declared that Epstein died by suicide and that no secret client list exists.
• President Trump branded the Epstein inquiry a “hoax” and urged his followers to drop further scrutiny of the files.
• House Speaker Mike Johnson broke ranks to demand full public release of all Epstein-related documents.
• A Reuters/Ipsos poll found 69 percent of Americans believe key information is being concealed and just 17 percent approve of Trump’s handling.
• High-profile figures from Elon Musk’s repeated calls for “Phase 2” to Bill O’Reilly’s on-air correction have intensified scrutiny of the administration