If it's Friday, President Trump responds to pressure from his base, calling for the release of some grand jury testimony in the case against Jeffrey Epstein, as he denies a Wall Street Journal report describing a suggestive letter he allegedly wrote to Epstein.

Plus, after a rare show of bipartisanship in Congress, President Trump signs a landmark cryptocurrency

bill into law, overhauling the rules and regulations surrounding crypto in a major win for the

industry. And authorities are searching for answers about what set off an incendiary device

that was being held at the L.A LA Sheriff's Department killing three deputies

at one of the deadliest incidents in the office's history.

Hi there, welcome to meet the press now. I'm Ryan Nobles in Washington as President Trump takes the

extraordinary step of calling for the release of grand jury documents related to deceased,

convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, despite days of claiming the controversy was a democratic

hoax. The president last night on Truth Social saying, I've asked Attorney

General Pam Bondi to produce any and all pertinent grand jury testimony subject to court approval.

The move is a clear signal from the president that his efforts to quell his basis fixation on the

case have just not worked. It comes as the president and his allies are pushing back on a Wall Street Journal

story, highlighting his once close ties with Epstein. According to documents reviewed by the

journal, a letter bearing Trump's name appeared in an album of letters collected for Epstein's 50th

birthday in 2003 by his former girlfriend, Galane Maxwell. The letter is described by the

journal as bawdy with a hand-drawn outline of a naked woman, along with text saying, may every

day be another wonderful secret. Pages from the album are among the documents examined by Justice

Department officials who investigated Epstein and Maxwell.

That's according to the journal, which cites people who have reviewed the pages.

Now, NBC News has not seen these documents, and it's unclear whether they were part of the Trump administration's recent review.

The president, Deni wrote the letter, telling the journal it's a fake.

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