The reversal comes amid growing backlash from those within Trump's base over the DOJ's unsigned memo last week saying there is no supposed Epstein client list

Former President Trump is facing backlash from some of his supporters after the Justice Department declined to release additional files related to Jeffrey Epstein, the financier and convicted sex offender who died in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges.

President Trump filed a $10 billion defamation suit Friday against the The Wall Street Journal following reporting on his past ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

In 2007, while Bush was president, federal investigators at the FBI and U.S. attorney's office prepared to indict Epstein, but negotiations between Epstein’s lawyers and the U.S. attorney's office in Florida’s Southern District led by Alexander Acosta resulted in a secret deal that let Epstein avoid federal charges.

Trump faces backlash from own supporters as poll reveals anger over Epstein files - Trump's handling of Epstein case receives low approval, even among Republicans

A new poll shows 63% of voters disapprove of how Trump handled the Epstein case, despite his dismissal of critics as “weaklings."

For a president who is known for relentlessly punching back at critics, it was a notable instance of bowing to their demands. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.

On July 6, a bombshell dropped on the MAGAverse. Axios reported via leaked Department of Justice documents that the government investigation found no mystery in the death by suicide of disgraced society pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and that he kept no client list.