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President Trump is facing growing backlash from his MAGA base over how his administration has handled the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joins The Weeknight discuss why Trump’s “nothing to see here” defense isn’t holding up.
For years, President Donald Trump and his Republican allies benefited from conspiracy theories that fueled the conservative MAGA movement and targeted his political enemies.
President Donald Trump is lashing out at his own supporters, accusing them of being duped by Democrats, as he tries to clamp down on criticism over his administration's handling of much-hyped records in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation,
In the days since the Trump administration released a memo on Jeffrey Epstein directly at odds with conspiracy theories pushed by the president and some of his top lieutenants, Donald Trump’s movement and most ardent supporters are in revolt.
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MSNBC’s Ari Melber reports on the escalating MAGA meltdown and internal crisis sparked by President Trump’s DOJ and its handling of the Epstein files, as Trump continues to attempt to squash the story.
Before the 2024 election, Trump said he might release Epstein-related files and a rumored client list, but last week, the DOJ said no such list exists.
The president disavowed longtime backers who are furious over the administration's conclusion that the accused sex trafficker died by suicide in jail and did not possess a secret list of clients.
Trump's administration is coping with the massive MAGA revolt over its handling of the Epstein case. Meanwhile Trump seemed to turn on Vladimir Putin on Monday, announcing that he's sending weapons to Ukraine and preparing severe tariffs for Russia if there's not a peace deal soon.
Trump faces MAGA backlash over Epstein as calls for transparency grow and loyalists demand the files be released.
Maurene Comey, a federal prosecutor who worked on the criminal cases against Jeffrey Epstein, was abruptly fired Wednesday.