The Jeffrey Epstein controversy poses the biggest risk yet to President Donald Trump’s relationship with his core supporters, writes Colin Pascal.

President Donald Trump has come to the defense of Attorney General Pam Bondi amid an all-out revolt among his MAGA base over the administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. But his effort over the weekend to quell the outrage only seemed to add fuel to to the fire.

The attorney general was at the heart of a recent confrontation with the FBI's second in command over the DOJ's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

The rhetoric marks a dramatic escalation for the Republican president, who has broken with some of his most loyal backers on issues in the past, but never with such fervor.

Two MAGA partisans find themselves on either end of a growing scandal over Jeffrey Epstein and his ties to White House officials