US President Donald Trump is facing fresh pressure after the Wall Street Journal reported the President was told in May that his name appears in government-held files related to convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein.

The White House has downplayed the claims as "fake news" and says being named in the files doesn't suggest any wrongdoing.

Meanwhile, Justice Department officials are set to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned former girlfriend of Epstein, according to an Associated Press source.   

• Guest: Randy Zelin, New York defence attorney, and an adjunct professor of law at Cornell Law School
• Producer: Anne Barker