This could have been a good week for Donald Trump, in which the U.S. president could have chalked up a political win over the Democrats with the end of the government shutdown.

But any gloating time was short-lived, overshadowed by the spectre of Jeffrey Epstein and Trump’s past connection to the late convicted sex offender.

Instead, the White House was in damage control after Democrats released a series of emails related to the Epstein case, including one in which Epstein claimed Trump “knew about the girls.”

The latest revelation in the Epstein affair, which continues to dog Trump, marked perhaps the worst moment of what might be considered a couple of rough weeks for the president.

But it could get even worse next week, when the House votes on a bill to release the Epstein files

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