While in Scotland, President Donald Trump was asked whether his new trade framework with the European Union was intended to deflect the Epstein controversy. It comes as a bipartisan pair of congressman are preparing to force a House vote to compel disclosure of files.

President Trump was asked about the Jeffrey Epstein files while meeting with European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen in Scotland. This comes after the Justice Department interviewed Epstein's accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.

The Republican-led House of Representatives shut down early for its summer break to avoid Jeffrey Epstein motions.The Senate GOP has been in see-no-evil mode the past week over the controversy swirling around the seemingly vanished “client list” of the high-flying financier and convicted pedophile who once palled around with Donald Trump and Bill Clinton among many other power players.

President Trump arrived in Scotland Friday for a four-day private trip, his first to the U.K. since he was reelected.

Donald Trump is back out on the golf course on the second full day of his visit to Scotland before he meets the EU Commission president for trade talks. Despite showery conditions