After President Trump urged a rattled MAGA base to not "waste [t]ime" on the Jeffrey Epstein case, some are softening their tones. But others still have their teeth sunk in the storyline. The big picture: Trump-world influencers and the president's base were blindsided by the Justice Department and FBI's conclusions that the disgraced financier did not have a "client list" and died by suicide,

This weekend, tension surrounding Donald Trump's handling of information related to the death and crimes of Jeffrey Epstein reached a new high. Win McNamee / Previously, Trump rattled both left and right-wingers during a cabinet meeting when he questioned why the public would still be demanding answers about Epstein.