Both President Trump and congressional Republican leaders appear eager to run out the summer clock on the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

The GOP-controlled House is cutting short its last workweek before the summer recess because of a fight on Capitol Hill over the release of the government’s files on the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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.

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) called on the Trump administration Thursday to brief senators behind closed doors on the Jeffrey Epstein files, escalating lawmakers’ confrontation with President Donald Trump over his refusal to make the files public.