Donald Trump’s bid to smother the uproar over accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein shows that he’s already achieved one goal his critics most feared from his second presidency.

1993 Photos released by CNN showed that Epstein attended Trump’s 1993 wedding to Marla Maples—his second wife—at the Plaza Hotel in New York. A few months before the wedding another photo published by CNN showed Epstein and Trump together at the opening of the Harley Davidson Cafe in New York.

The files are sealed, but the pressure's mounting. Meanwhile, Trump says the Epstein controversy is helping him instead of hurting him. Plus, Trump goes on the offensive, accusing Barack Obama of treason - without providing any evidence to back the allegation.

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This past Thursday, the Wall Street Journal published a bombshell report about President Trump’s relationship with convicted child sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein. According to the Journal, the materials collected as part of the Department of Justice’s investigation into Epstein included a 2003 birthday message from Trump to Epstein.

Judge wants to hear from Ghislaine Maxwell before unsealing of grand jury docs - Epstein files scandal shows no sign of abating despite Trump’s protest and Speaker shutting down House for summer recess,

Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit could force him to hand over evidence about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

The president filed a lawsuit in Miami court Friday against Dow Jones, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, and two Wall Street Journal reporters, according to Reuters. The two journalists named in the lawsuit are likely Khadeeja Safdar and Joe Palazzolo, whose names appeared in the story byline.