Former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s downfall “was swift,” CNN reports.

“In a remarkable 100 hours, he went from the front-runner in a race to lead the nation’s most populous state to abandoning his House seat in disgrace. His resignation, effective Tuesday, capped a 13-year congressional career, in which he held coveted party positions and was seen by some as part of a new generation of Democratic leadership.”

NPR: “Before allegations against Eric Swalwell surfaced in the media, they gained momentum online after a network of accusers came together to share stories of alleged assault by the California Democrat.”

President Trump told the New York Times that he had known his wife wanted to speak about Jeffrey Epstein at some point, and that he “thought she had a right to talk about it,” even if he had not known what exactly she planned to say.

Said Trump: “It doesn’t bother me.”

He added: “I didn’t know what the statement was, but I knew she was going to make a statement.”

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair Rep. James Comer said that the panel would be holding hearings to give victims of Jeffrey Epstein the chance to speak about his crimes against them, CNBC reports.

First lady Melania Trump on Thursday said Congress should give “women who have been victimized by Epstein … a public hearing specifically centered around the survivors.”

“Kristi Noem’s husband, Bryon, had an on-off secret online relationship with a left-wing dominatrix for more than nine years,” the Daily Mail reports.

“At times, the former homeland security secretary’s husband encouraged Shy Sotomayor as she repeatedly insulted his wife. Bryon fantasized about ‘leaving’ Kristi for the woman he worshipped as his ‘goddess’ and discussed his desire to transition his gender through surgery and hormone therapy.”

President Trump told MS NOW he was not aware of beforehand that his wife, Melania, was going to hold a press conference denying any relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

First lady ​Melania Trump denied ‌ever having a relationship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and said ​the claims about it ​are defaming her, Reuters reports.

Said Trump: “The lies linking ⁠me with the disgraceful ​Jeffrey Epstein need to end today.”

She added: “I have never had any knowledge of Epstein’s abuse of his victims. I was never involved in any capacity. I was not a participant.”

Washington Post: “Former attorney general Pam Bondi will not appear on Capitol Hill next week for scheduled testimony about the Justice Department’s investigations of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, department officials said Wednesday.”

“But House Republicans signaled that she may not be off the hook yet.”

CNBC: “Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates will sit for an interview about Jeffrey Epstein by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on June 10.”

CBS News: “Jeffrey Epstein’s controversial 2008 plea deal for charges including soliciting a minor for prostitution has long drawn scrutiny, and newly released details are raising further questions about the months he spent on work release from a Florida jail.”

“She will not escape accountability and remains legally obligated to appear before our Committee under oath. She must answer for her mishandling of the Epstein files and the special treatment she has given Ghislaine Maxwell… If they think we are moving on because they were fired, they are gravely mistaken.”

— Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), quoted by Politico, on Attorney General Pam Bondi’s firing.

President Trump told the Daily Mail he was stunned to learn that Kristi Noem’s husband is a secret cross-dresser who experts say could have compromised national security.

Said Trump: “They confirmed it? Wow, well, I feel badly for the family if that’s the case, that’s too bad. I haven’t seen anything. I don’t know anything about it. That’s too bad, but I just know nothing about it,.”

Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem addressed shocking photos published today by the Daily Mail, saying she is “devastated,” the New York Post reports.

Said Noem: “The family was blindsided by this, and they ask for privacy and prayers at the time.”

“Kristi Noem’s husband is today revealed as a secret crossdresser who dons gigantic fake breasts and pink hotpants to chat with online fetish models,” the Daily Mail reports.

“While his wife has operated at the highest echelons of government, handling matters of national security in her recent role as DHS secretary, Bryon Noem, 56, has been dressing up and paying adult entertainers to talk dirty.”

“Jeffrey Epstein’s lawyer Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn told House lawmakers they were never interviewed as part of formal federal investigations into their late client’s sex crimes,” Politico reports.

Wired: “The data engineer started as a casual reader of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Then he became obsessed, and built the most extensive network graph of the sexual predator’s shadowy world.”

Miami Herald: “Less than a week after Jeffrey Epstein was found dead inside his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, something was afoot inside an office where the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ After Action Team had set up a probe into what had happened to their most high-profile inmate.”

“The FBI was told that there were people shredding documents. Bags of them.”

NewsNation: “Both of Jeffrey Epstein’s co-executors have testified before a congressional committee about their ties to the deceased sex offender, and both depositions ended with questions surrounding a potential settlement with an accuser known only as ‘Jane Doe 4.'”