Overshadowed is Congress' willingness to cede a constitutional power to the White House. Instead, the case of a disgraced and dead financier looms.

Gabbard has called for the investigation and prosecution of Obama administration officials, accusing them of a “years-long coup” against President Donald Trump.

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In 2007, while Bush was president, federal investigators at the FBI and U.S. attorney's office prepared to indict Epstein, but negotiations between Epstein’s lawyers and the U.S. attorney's office in Florida’s Southern District led by Alexander Acosta resulted in a secret deal that let Epstein avoid federal charges.

With US president Donald Trump continuing to face pressure over his administration’s handling of the Epstein files – something he claims is a “hoax” orchestrated by Democrats – critics of the Republican are now seeing any other flippant remark from the convicted felon as a “desperate” attempt to change the subject.

Ex-FBI director James Comey was also named by Donald Trump as he tried to distance himself from the so-called Epstein files

Donald Trump has made plenty of comments about Jeffrey Epstein over the years, from lauding him to pushing conspiracy theories about his death.

Jeffrey Epstein’s brother on Friday called on Steve Bannon, a former senior adviser to President Donald Trump, to release hours of video footage shot years ago with the now-dead sex offender. “Let me see the videotapes,