President Donald Trump's one-time friendship with disgraced sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has plagued his second term in the White House.
While members of Trump's current administration have for years called on federal officials to release their files on Epstein, they changed their tune in recent months, saying that no "client list" exists.
On Nov. 12, new layers in the Trump-Epstein saga were peeled back when Democrats released emails that appear to have been written by Epstein and allege Trump "spent hours" with one of Epstein's victims.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the emails, which were released by Democrats, are part of "a fake narrative to smear President Trump."
While Trump was acquainted with Epstein in the 1990s, he has long denied knowing about any alleged sex trafficking. Epstein died by suicide in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial.
