Six years after his death, disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein is again in the spotlight, this one cast by President Donald Trump’s unrelenting MAGA base. Epstein was arrested in 2019 and found dead in his cell at a jail in City just five weeks later.

The Wall Street Journal's July 17, 2025, report alleging Trump's suggestive letter in Jeffrey Epstein's 2003 birthday album ignited a $10 billion libel lawsuit and intensified calls for Epstein file disclosures,

The president is suing the Murdoch-owned paper for $10 billion over recent reporting on his ties to the deceased billionaire sex offender

Trump faces political risk from the Epstein story. So far, however, his MAGA base has largely rallied around him.

After a week of angst over Jeffrey Epstein, the GOP base gave President Donald Trump a breather today from the relentless criticism. All it took was a media report suggesting the president was even closer to the disgraced financier than he’s been letting on.

With backlash from his base not abating, the Justice Dept. asked a federal judge to unseal grand jury transcripts related to Epstein's 2019 indictment.