An irate attorney general is said to have confronted the deputy director of the F.B.I. at a tense White House meeting earlier in the week.

While New York's chief medical examiner ruled in 2019 that Epstein died by suicide, Trump on the 2024 campaign trail said he would declassify federal files on the man. A new report released last week by the FBI and Department of Justice said officials found no such list or proof that Epstein was murdered in custody.