Calls grow louder for transparency for some people in Trump's base regarding the contents of the FBI's files on Jeffrey Epstein.

Mike Pence on Wednesday joined the chorus of Republicans calling on the Trump administration to release files about the case of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

In a post to Truth Social on Wednesday morning, Trump railed against Democrats, and some of his own supporters, calling the furor over the Epstein case a "hoax."

W.Va., is calling for transparency regarding records in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking organization, a day after President Donald Trump called the ordeal a "hoax."

The House Speaker said he is "for transparency," in a moves that breaks with Trump's calls to move on from the Epstein case review.

House Speaker Mike Johnson weighed in on the Department of Justice releasing files on Jeffrey Epstein. Meanwhile, Mr. Trump accused Democrats of creating a "hoax" over the Epstein case. CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns has the latest details.

Amidst a wave of concern from President Trump's supporters, the call for the Justice Department to disclose records from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation has intensified. Trump recently highlighted credibility issues with the yet-to-be-released documents,

A s the questions surrounding Jeffrey Epstein’s life and death—questions that Donald Trump once helped whip up—tornadoed into their bajillionth news cycle, the president’s team began to privately debate ways to calm the furor: appoint a special counsel to investigate.

The White House on Thursday attempted to close the door on President Donald Trump’s role in the Jeffrey Epstein saga, rejecting calls from within his own political base for a special prosecutor and casting his recent comments about the “Epstein Hoax” as a swipe at Democrats, not a dismissal of Epstein’s crimes.