Ankush Khardori is a senior writer for POLITICO Magazine and a former federal prosecutor at the Department of Justice. His column, Rules of Law, offers an unvarnished look at national legal affairs and the political dimensions of the law at a moment when the two are inextricably linked.

The president gets low marks for his handling of the scandal. But polls suggest other issues are driving the popularity dip.

Trump suggested focusing on former President Bill Clinton and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers regarding the Epstein case, amid controversy over sealed investigation materials.

Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein partied together for more than a decade. One became president, the other died in jail.

O’Reilly on Friday also said the “usually pretty accurate” Wall Street Journal, which reported on an alleged birthday letter Trump wrote to Epstein for his 50th birthday, was part of “the dishonest, corrupt corporate media” trying to “convince Americans that Donald Trump had access to Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes and may have participated.”

New polling reveals that the fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal continues to cast a shadow over Donald Trump and his administration.

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President Donald Trump is traveling to Scotland but back in Washington, his administration faces growing scrutiny over its handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case.