Donald Trump's aides were expected on Friday to ask a court to release grand jury testimony about Jeffrey Epstein, as the president fought back against concerns over his administration's handling of the deceased convicted sex offender's case.

For President Donald Trump, whose political career has benefited from voter anxiety over Washington elites, the health of his predecessor and the riches of Wall Street, the past week offered a reversal of fortune.

He—the president, their leader, the martyr who had endured scandals and prosecution and an assassin’s bullet on their behalf—had repeatedly told them it was time to move on, and that alone should suffice. Why, he groused, would the White House add fuel to the fire, would it play into the media’s narrative?

A Wall Street Journal report late Thursday added new scrutiny to President Donald Trump’s relationship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The president appeared to stop abruptly to yell "turn it off" to an individual off-screen. His face had visibly dropped into a grimace-

Rekindled public interest in Jeffrey Epstein, and President Donald Trump’s frustration with the topic, followed the July 7 release of a DOJ memo announcing that the agency found “no incriminating ‘client list’” even after the administration had alluded to its existence.

US House Speaker Mike Johnson has urged the Justice Department to release all Jeffrey Epstein documents, a move that contrasts with ally Donald Trump's stance. This call follows criticism of Trump's administration for its handling of the case.

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For President Donald Trump, whose political career has benefited from voter anxiety over Washington elites, the health of his predecessor and the riches of Wall Street, the past week offered

Plus: Trump sued the Wall Street Journal Friday over the newspaper's report that his name was on a 2003 birthday greeting for Epstein.