Illinois Senator Dick Durbin is calling for more transparency from the Justice Department over a controversial meeting with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. Durbin said the Trump administration is possibly trying to arrange a "corrupt bargain.

Donald Trump has been accused of “running scared” over the Jeffrey Epstein case as the Democrats ramp up their demands for the president to release the files tied to the convicted sex offender. The president has been accused of attempting to distract from the Epstein scandal by peddling a conspiracy theory that former President Barack Obama orchestrated the Russia investigation into Trump’s 2016 campaign.

During a press conference with the Philippine president, President Trump said during that he "doesn't know" about Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche's plans to meet with Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell but that but that it was "appropriate.

The ranking Democrat on DOJ oversight committee fears 'a corrupt bargain between the Trump Administration' and the convicted Jeffrey Epstein associate