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.

President Donald Trump faces ongoing questions about the Jeffrey Epstein case, overshadowing his administration's achievements.

The president deflected when asked about the Epstein case, griping that reporters never focus on the other men who associated with the convicted sex offender

The New York Times also published a photo of Trump and the sex offender financier posing with singer James Brown.

President Donald Trump denied that he was briefed on his name appearing in the case files of Jeffrey Epstein, seeming contradicting a recent report in The Wall Street Journal that he was. After Air Force One landed in Scotland on Friday,

The revelation that Attorney General Pam Bondi told President Donald Trump that his name was in the Jeffrey Epstein files has focused fresh attention on the president’s relationship with the wealthy financier.

ANALYSIS: The president and the Duke of York share a love of golf ... and the notorious sex-trafficking financier as a former friend, writes

His comments come after Trump's top envoy, Steve Witkoff, said yesterday that he was pulling the U.S. team of negotiators out of Doha, Qatar, after Hamas' latest response in the talks, saying it "clearly shows a lack of desire to reach a ceasefire in Gaza."

President Donald Trump was listed as a contributor to the birthday book sent to Jeffrey Epstein, the New York Times alleged on Thursday. The book was part of a collection of notes compiled for Epstein’s 50th birthday in 2003.

The comment came after Trump was asked if he was considering pardoning the associate of Jeffrey Epstein, who was convicted sex trafficking.