Missouri football coach Eli Drinkwitz drops comedic quote on infamous Jeffrey Epstein Files during SEC Media Day introduction

The debate over a federal investigation into the late, disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein continues to stir. But why? A journalist and conspiracy theory expert joined Scripps News to explain.

Attorney General Pam Bondi is coming under criticism from congressional Republicans growing increasingly frustrated with her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files scandal, which has badly divided

Last week, the Justice Department and the FBI abruptly walked back the notion that there’s an Epstein client list of elites who participated in the wealthy New York financier’s trafficking of underage girls. President Donald Trump quickly defended Attorney General Pam Bondi and chided a reporter for daring to ask about the documents.

Trump is trying to rebrand the furor as the “Jeffrey Epstein hoax.” After all, the word has served him well in the past; “hoax” has been his go-to description for dismissing true stories that he finds unfavorable.

Southwest Missouri Congressman Eric Burlison is expressing skepticism over the U.S. Justice Department’s report that Jeffrey Epstein did not keep a list of high-profile clients and that he killed himself in his jail cell nearly six years ago.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) cosponsored a discharge petition with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) to force a vote to release the complete Epstein files. Massie announced the Epstein Files Transparency Act with Rep.