Former U.S. Attorney and NJ Gov. Chris Christie said the Jeffrey Epstein affair blowing up in President Trump's face should be a lesson that, "when you start the fire, sometimes you can't put it out." "He started this Epstein fire during the

Trump takes to Truth Social to support Attorney General Pam Bondi who has faced backlash from MAGA supporters regarding the DOJ's management of Jeffrey Epstein documents.

Trump's followers on Truth Social were not having it and accused the president of "gaslighting" and insisted his argument is "not holding water."

An ABC News panel blamed President Donald Trump after part of the MAGA base turned on him for dropping the case against Jeffrey Epstein's alleged co-conspirators. During a Sunday discussion, This Week host Jonathan Karl wondered if the "boys and gals of Team MAGA" would let the Epstein matter drop.

Comedian and actor Rosie O’Donnell has responded to President Donald Trump 's threat to have her U.S. citizenship revoked, the latest move in a yearslong back-and-forth between the two New York-born former TV stars.

Attorney Spencer Kuvin, who represents one of Epstein’s victims, shared: "We certainly knew that Mr. Trump was a close friend of Mr. Epstein during those exact years that Mr. Epstein was molesting these young girls. "These are two gentlemen that definitely ran in the same circles."

Historian Richard Hofstadter was a pioneer observer of what he called “The Paranoid Style in American Politics,” which he described in a 1964 Harper’s Magazine analysis of the use of loose facts and pseudo-facts to build an alternative reality for political ends.

The Trump administration is facing significant blowback from Democrats and MAGA supporters over its handling of the Epstein files.