Comey is the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, who led SDNY from 2002 to 2003. Trump fired James Comey in May 2017 over his handling of the inquiry into Hillary Clinton’s emails, but Democrats have said the move was a result of the FBI investigating alleged links between the Trump campaign and Russia.

President Donald Trump has gone to great lengths in recent days to quash the Jeffrey Epstein fervor in his party. It doesn’t seem to be working — and one particular effort to force the release of more files could spiral out of his control.

Most Americans think President Donald Trump's administration is hiding information about accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and give it poor marks on the issue after pledging to make public documents in the case,

According to a Quinnipiac University poll, the majority of U.S. voters disapprove of Trump's handling of files related to Epstein, a wealthy financier who died by suicide in jail in August 2019, weeks after his arrest on sex trafficking charges.

New York federal prosecutor Maurene Comey, who worked on the cases against Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and Sean "Diddy" Combs, was fired.

"When he's ready, he'll let them out," Ed DeLucca, 72, told the BBC, saying he hoped Trump would bring the documents to light. For Mr DeLucca, the rumoured files would ultimately be delivered much like any other Trump promise, such as closing the border or mass deportations of undocumented immigrants.

A new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows that most Americans believe the Trump administration is hiding key information related to Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking case. Despite previous promises to release documents,

It’s crucial that, while protecting the privacy rights of victims, the American public get transparent, credible answers."

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has made several comments about President Donald Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein, as the president seeks to shut down questions about the issue.

But this past week, in the wake of a memo saying nothing else in the Jeffrey Epstein case would be released about his death as Trump, and many of his top officials, promised, Trump had a curious message for his followers: Move along,

When Jeffrey Epstein died in prison, then-President Donald Trump speculated that authorities might be wrong in ruling it a suicide.