With no sign of the political firestorm ending, Trump urges his Justice Department to pursue former President Barack Obama for an alleged, and baseless, scheme to rig the 2016 election. Of the Epstein drama swirling around his presidency, he claimed, “I don’t follow it too much.”

Here is a timeline of Epstein and Trump’s relationship. Though it is not known when Epstein and Trump first met, Trump told New York magazine in 2002 that he had known Epstein for 15 years, which would date back to the late 1980s. “Terrific guy,” Trump said in the 2002 interview.

The First Lady has found herself in the middle of her husband's drama, according to one expert. Michael Wolff, who has written four books about President Donald Trump, said on Saturday that Melania Trump is "very involved" in the Jeffrey Epstein saga.

Yet as Trump has backed away from his promises of disclosure on Epstein, Maga commentators have started to turn on him. The disgraced former general Mike Flynn, a sometime ally who has become a political commentator, posted on social media reminding the president – in capital letters – that the “EPSTEIN AFFAIR IS NOT GOING AWAY”.

His towering buildings and cash attracted many figures within the city. Jeffrey Epstein eventually found his way to Trump too.

The two socialized together frequently in New York City and Palm Beach from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. In 2002, Trump praised Epstein to a reporter as a “terrific guy” — and curiously added that he “likes beautiful women” on “the younger side.”

A resurfaced video of Jeffery Epstein from a 2010 deposition is raising more questions about his relationship with President Trump. MSNBC’s Antonia Hylton reports and is joined by Barry Levine, author of “The Spider: Inside the Criminal Web of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

As Trump continues to spar with parts of his political base over his handling of the Epstein files, attention is turning to the relationship between the two men. John Yang speaks with New York Times White House correspondent Luke Broadwater,

Some of MAGA’s most prominent voices say that Ghislaine Maxwell, who was sentenced to 20 years for sex trafficking girls for Epstein, has inside knowledge that would help law enforcement bring untold elites to justice.

Amid the fallout from the Epstein scandal, Trump is reaching deep for anything that might distract away from his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein—including threatening a football team,

Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein appeared to be friends in the 90s and early 2000s, but had not spoken for 15 years before Epstein's death.

The New York Times also published a photo of Trump and the sex offender financier posing with singer James Brown.