Thousands of documents released by the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday offer a new glimpse into what Epstein's relationships with business executives, reporters, academics and political players looked like over a decade.

Trump has repeatedly sought to downplay the extent of his ties to the financier while simultaneously courting far-right conspiracy theorists who maintain Epstein and his co-conspirator, British former socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, were members of an international pedophilic cabal.

A sculpture of the two men, much like the political controversy surrounding their relationship, refuses to die.

Emails released by the House Oversight Committee reveal how Jeffrey Epstein maintained connections with influential figures despite his 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from an underage girl.

Republican U.S. Representative Thomas Massie said President Donald Trump and his top administration officials are saying privately that they are opposed to releasing the Jeffrey Epstein investigation files to spare the president's friends from embarrassment.

A discharge petition to force a House vote on the Epstein files reached 218 signatures. Here's which Republicans joined Democrats in the push.

During Wednesday’s episode of her self-titled podcast Kelly claimed that someone with knowledge of the Epstein case said he was “not a pedophile” because he was “into the barely legal type.” Epstein, who died by suicide in August 2019, was accused of trafficking and sexually abusing girls as young as 14 prior to his death.

Epstein was also in fairly regular contact with Steve Bannon, Trump’s longtime adviser and former White House chief strategist, and referred to him in emails as a friend. In one December 2018 conversation, Epstein weighed in on President Trump's cabinet choices.