Here, The Telegraph rounds up everything you need to know about the Epstein scandal – and why Mr Trump can’t escape it. Prominent voices in Mr Trump’s Maga movement have spent years playing into conspiracy theories that Epstein did not kill himself in 2019, and was silenced by “clients” who feared he would expose their part in sex trafficking.

Longtime Trump biographer Michael Wolff believes that First Lady Melania could be the missing link in President Donald Trump’s ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Wolff told Daily Beast Podcast host Joanna Coles that Melania was “very involved” in Epstein’s social circle,