The Trump Administration has tried—and failed—to put tensions over its handling of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's case to bed for weeks. But they’ve only continued to escalate as news outlets have reported new information related to President Donald Trump’s years-long relationship with Epstein and potential inclusion in files related to the case.

I looked at my watch. It was 1987. “Who?” I asked. “A man with whom you have nothing in common,” the mysterious figure went on. “Not one single thing. Not even enigmas.

Attorney General Pam Bondi informed President Trump in the spring that his name appeared in files related to the investigation of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The disclosure came during a meeting about the Justice Department’s re-examination of unreleased documents connected to the case.