Despite public dismissals, why Trump and his team were privately obsessed with the Jeffrey Epstein scandal

President Donald Trump and his team privately focused on managing the Jeffrey Epstein scandal despite public dismissals, according to a forthcoming book by New York Times journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan. Internal meetings revealed tensions over handling allegations, with Vice President JD Vance warning about unsealed Epstein files and conflicts involving Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI officials.