White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Donald Trump would not recommend a special counsel to look into the Jeffrey Epstein case in the face of bipartisan calls for further investigation.

“The president would not recommend a special prosecutor in the Epstein case. That’s how he feels,” Leavitt said at a briefing Thursday. She said she was unsure whether Trump had discussed the recommendation with Attorney General Pam Bondi.

The announcement comes after an FBI memo this month stated no Epstein client list existed and no further information on the case would be made public.

Epstein was a wealthy financier arrested in 2019 on federal sex trafficking charges for the abuse of numerous underage girls. Known for his links to royals, billionaires and presidents, Epstein was found dead in a federal jail in New York City soon after his arrest, according to the Associated Press.

Investigators concluded he killed himself, which the FBI reaffirmed in its recent memo.

Trump had previously called for an investigation of the Epstein case, and Bondi told Fox News hosts this year a client list was sitting on her desk, according to AP.

The memo spurred backlash, according to NBC, among several prominent Trump allies like Elon Musk, former Trump adviser Steve Bannon and U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., who had called for a special counsel for the case.

The president lambasted critics on his Truth Social media site Wednesday, calling the case a hoax.

“Let these weaklings continue forward and do the Democrats work, don’t even think about talking about our incredible success, because I don’t want their support anymore!” he wrote.

Leavitt was asked if he had any knowledge or understanding about information in the case that hasn’t been released, according to NBC.

“Not to my knowledge,” she said, adding that the “president has told the attorney general if they have any more credible evidence, they should release it.”

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