President Donald Trump was taken aback by speculation that he was personally involved in Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 jail cell death, author Michael Wolff said on the latest edition of. The biographer said the lingering controversy over Trump’s ties to Epstein resulted in the president having to deny culpability for his one-time friend’s demise.

Making matters worse, Trump does not appear to have any good options for moving on from this controversy, in large part because of the legal complexities that surround the case. Below are a few of the potential paths forward,

President Donald Trump on Friday said he wants his administration to release “everything” in the Epstein files but urged caution in doing so, warning that people could get hurt in the process. “We’d like to release everything,