President Donald Trump brushed off questions about his former friend Jeffrey Epstein, the late sex offender. Top DOJ official Todd Blanche was set to meet for a second day with Epstein's convicted accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell in Florida.

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U.S. President Donald Trump, dogged by questions about his ties to disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, headed to Scotland on Friday for a trip that will mix golf with politics mostly out of public view.

“Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein were both horny rich guys with an eye for young models,” Michael Gross, author of the 1995 book “Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women,” told USA TODAY. Now, their friendship plagues Trump's second term in the White House.

Trump has been attempting to distract from links to his one-time friend Epstein, which keep resurfacing. Last week, he raged against a Wall Street Journal report that claimed he had sent a letter to Epstein for his 50th birthday that allegedly included the line “May every day be another wonderful secret.”

While the president's ties to Jeffrey Epstein have been public knowledge for years, Hill Republicans have been forced to confront those connections like never before.

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.

Here’s how Donald Trump’s position on Jeffrey Epstein has changed over the year, and how the fallout over the Epstein files poses a particular challenge for him.

Donald Trump invited the now-notorious pedophile to a 1993 event stacked with New York City’s wealthy, famous, and powerful.