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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is shocking some colleagues by fully embracing efforts to exploit divisions between President Trump and his MAGA base over the administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
President Trump's base is erupting in turmoil over the administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case files. Trump took to social media this weekend in an attempt to calm tensions and made a detailed plea to his base to leave the Epstein matter in the past.
Republican strategist David Urban talks with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer about President Trump’s attempts to tamp down the controversy over his Justice Department’s handling of files relating to Jeffrey Epstein.
In 2008, Epstein pleaded guilty in Florida on two state felony charges, paid restitution to three dozen victims, and registered as a sex offender. A decade later, Epstein pleaded not guilty in New York to multiple charges, including sex trafficking.
Lawmakers from the left are putting pressure on what has become a sensitive spot for Trump with his growingly frustrated base.
CNN Political Commentators David Urban and Kristen Soltis Anderson, Democratic strategist Faiz Shakir, and Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Dingell join CNN’s Dana Bash to break down MAGA’s revolt over Trump’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case.