Trump will not recommend special prosecutor in Epstein case

News | July 17, 2025
Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photo taken for the NY Division of Criminal Justice Services’ sex offender registry

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump will not recommend a special prosecutor in the Jeffrey Epstein case, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday.

“The president would not recommend a special prosecutor in the Epstein case. That’s how he feels,” Leavitt told reporters.

(Reporting by Steve Holland and Nandita Bose in Washington; Editing by Chris Reese)