Interest in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation has exploded over the past month even as President Donald Trump urged the public and media to move on from a saga he sees as “pretty boring.

The Department of Justice and FBI's memo on the federal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein has reignited criticism from some of President Donald Trump's supporters over information released in the case involving one of the most infamous sex trafficking criminals in modern history.

Here is a timeline of Epstein and Trump’s relationship. Though it is not known when Epstein and Trump first met, Trump told New York magazine in 2002 that he had known Epstein for 15 years, which would date back to the late 1980s. “Terrific guy,” Trump said in the 2002 interview.

Questions persist about how Jeffrey Epstein, who once moved among the world's elite, was able to avoid federal prosecution for so long. A timeline suggests some answers.

Holly Baltz, Investigations Editor for the Palm Beach Post joins FOX 35's Garrett Wymer via Zoom to break down her extensive experience reporting on the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell cases as Maxwell met with the Department of Justice for the second day in a row in Tallahassee.

July 2 -16: Trump’s approval rating stands at 40% in a Yahoo/YouGov poll of 1,597 U.S. adults conducted June 26-30 (margin of error 3.2), a four-point decrease from the groups’ March poll, while 56% disapprove.

It’s no secret that President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein used to run in the same circle — but how close were they?

A bipartisan congressional duo is now pushing for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein case files on Capitol Hill.