Trump, Jeffrey Epstein and MAGA
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The president asked his supporters to “let Pam Bondi do her job” as she faces scrutiny over handling the release of documents related to the disgraced financier.
P resident Donald Trump is facing mounting backlash from his MAGA base over his administration's handling of the Epstein files and its deepening involvement in the Iran-Israel conflict -- and the splintering is especially evident among many of the podcasters and comedians who helped propel his return to power last year.
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Epstein files spark backlash for Trump as supporters slam the handling and critics allege a cover-up. Allies and public demand transparency, questioning claims no top figures were involved.#epsteinfil
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 Trump is facing a MAGA backlash over Jeffrey Epstein, and Trump’s broken 2024 pledge to release all files. MSNBC’s Ari Melber reports, joined by New York Times’ Emily Bazelon and Michael Grynbaum.
You didn’t create MAGA. MAGA created you. And all you are doing is feeding into the divide by not addressing the problem.”
The “Hot Topics” segment started with the cohosts reviewing footage of people like Fox News’ Laura Ingraham expressing her discontent over the administration’s latest update about the case, with the Justice Department announcing there is no “list” of Epstein clients to release, despite several members of the cabinet teasing that there was.
Glenn Thrush, New York Times Justice Department Reporter, Claire McCaskill, Former Democratic Senator from Missouri and Julie Brown, Investigative Reporter for The Miami Herald join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House to the growing fallout over the Justice Department’s handling of the so called “Epstein Files” and how the conspiracy theories amplified by some of the largest influencers in the Trump’s base,