Growing calls for transparency in the Jeffrey Epstein saga will be left unanswered this week -- frustrating lawmakers from both parties.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) accused President Donald Trump of “running scared” on Monday over his administration’s refusal to release the documents connected to Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking case.

As Trump faces pressure to release more information regarding Epstein, reports are coming out that the two men knew each other well.

The two socialized together frequently in New York City and Palm Beach from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. In 2002, Trump praised Epstein to a reporter as a “terrific guy” — and curiously added that he “likes beautiful women” on “the younger side.”

Very little is known of the third’s personal life before connecting with the first two.Melania Knauss began working as a model at age 16. Born Melania Knavs in Yugoslavia, she changed her name and worked some in Paris and Milan before meeting Paolo Zampolli;

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) called on President Donald Trump to release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Trump and Epstein met around the time Trump bought Mar-a-Lago in 1985, when Epstein was also living in Palm Beach, according to Trump, who told New York magazine in 2002 he had known Epstein for “15 years,