President Donald Trump has said the death of Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre, was "a very sad situation." Giuffre, 41, died by suicide on Friday in Neergabby, Australia, where she had lived for several years, her family said. Newsweek has approached the White House and representatives of Virginia Giuffre's family for comment.

Virginia Giuffre, a prominent and vocal accuser of Jeffrey Epstein, died by suicide at 41 years old. Her publicist and friend, Dini von Mueffling, told CBS News that Giuffre's marriage had recently broken down and she was in pain from a car crash last month.

Connolly, a longtime liberal voice for Northern Virginia and the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, had been battling esophageal cancer.

Gerry Connolly has announced that his esophageal cancer returned following treatment. As a result, the Virginia Democrat will retire and pare back his work as the ranking member on the House Oversight Committee.