Here's the latest on the files and Friday's deadline. The Epstein Files Transparency Act gives the Department of Justice 30 days from when it was enacted to release documents on Epstein. Because Trump signed the bill into law on Nov. 19, that means the deadline for officials to publicize the materials is Dec. 19.

Jeffrey Epstein’s brother, Mark, has blown a hole in the White House’s defense of President Donald Trump. Trump, 79, says he was once friends with the disgraced financier but that he banished him from his life after he learned of the sex offender’s crimes.

The new tranche of undated images includes photos of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Google co-founder Sergey Brin and New York Times columnist David Brooks. The president’s one-time top strategist Steve Bannon is also pictured with the disgraced financier, as are public intellectual Noam Chomsky and filmmaker Woody Allen.

Trump hosts the TV show "The Apprentice," in which contestants vie to run one of Trump's companies. It lasts 13 seasons and boosts Trump's popularity among the public. Trump and Epstein ended their relationship in 2004 or 2007. The dates and reasons vary, according to reports:

Trump visited Epstein’s Manhattan mansion, and the disgraced financier went to what was at the time Trump’s Plaza Hotel and at least one of his Atlantic City casinos. They visited each other’s offices and Florida homes and often spoke by phone, according to Epstein’s employees and women who spent time at Epstein’s.

The move follows years of public debate, speculation and conspiracy theories surrounding documents allegedly detailing Epstein's associates and activities.

As conspiracy theories around the Jeffrey Epstein case swirled, Trump has been asked what he would do. His answers have changed, here's how.

In one such instance in the mid-1990s, the former helper said, Trump bragged about having sex with a woman on a pool table. The two men also joked about another woman’s pubic hair, and whether there was enough of it for Epstein to floss his teeth with, she claimed.