Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi have come under fire from conservatives on the Hill and across the country for declining to release the Epstein probe files in their entirety.

"It's perpetrated by the Democrats. And some stupid Republicans and foolish Republicans fall into the net..." President Donald Trump calls the controversy surrounding his administration's handling of the files related to Jeffrey Epstein a "big hoax" and blamed Democrats for fueling the fire of the backlash during a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of Bahrain in the Oval Office.

President Donald Trump outraged many of his supporters after the Justice Department published an unsigned memo saying it would not release any more documents related to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

MAGA-friendly media has been torn over how to respond to a base that wants more on the Epstein files and a president who wants it to move on.

In defending how his administration is handling supposed files on Jeffrey Epstein, he said "some stupid Republicans" fell for a hoax.

Ever since Jeffrey Epstein took his life in a federal jail in 2019, conservative voices have been calling on the federal government to be transparent about its probe.

This comes after Trump’s hesitation to release the Epstein files was omitted from a 2024 Fox News interview. The controversy was further inflamed when House Speaker Mike Johnson was accused of “blocking the Epstein files” by Rep. Eric Swalwell.

How can Trump rebuild trust with his base after the Epstein files controversy? President Donald Trump recently made headlines with surprising comments about the Jeffrey Epstein case, leaving many people confused and upset.

Conservative commentator Candace Owens decried the scandal as a “terminal cancer to the MAGA movement.” Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson argued: “The fact that the U.S. government, the one that I voted for, refused to take my question seriously and instead said, ‘Case closed, shut up conspiracy theorist,’ was too much for me.”

President Donald Trump is facing more pressure over the Jeffrey Epstein files. The latest: House Speaker Mike Johnson made a rare break with Trump over his handling of files related to the dead sex offender.