President Donald Trump praised his Attorney General Pam Bondi's handling of the Epstein files Tuesday, telling reporters she "has handled it very well" and saying it's up to her whether to release any more records related to the sex trafficking investigation.

President Trump is facing a MAGA backlash over Jeffrey Epstein, and Trump’s broken 2024 pledge to release all files. MSNBC’s Ari Melber reports, joined by New York Times’ Emily Bazelon and Michael Grynbaum.

Ghislaine Maxwell filed a Supreme Court appeal arguing she should be covered by Jeffrey Epstein's controversial plea deal.

Trump fueled the outrage over his Justice Department’s decision with a lengthy social media post on Saturday. After his administration hyped up the possibility of the files containing some bombshell revelations, he pulled a 180 on his supporters and dismissed the importance of the Epstein files altogether.

The Justice Department has been firing dozens of federal prosecutors over their investigation of Trump in classified documents and Jan. 6 criminal cases before he was reelected president.

Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired one of the top officials tasked with advising her and other senior DOJ officials of their ethical obligations, a source confirms.

Deputy FBI director Dan Bongino did not go into the office Friday and largely excommunicated himself from most of his colleagues after a major fallout with Attorney General Pam Bondi. CNN’s Evan Perez breaks down the situation and how it began over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

The fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files flap is cascading, further roiling a Justice Department and FBI that have struggled for months to appease the demands of far-right conservative personalities and influential members of President Donald Trump’s base.

A petition calling for U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to resign now has more than 29,000 signatures in the wake of the backlash to how she and the Donald Trump administration have handled the Jeffrey Epstein files.