Despite days of claiming the controversy surrounding Jeffrey Epstein was a hoax, President Trump is taking the extraordinary step of calling for the release of grand jury testimony related to the deceased convicted sex offender’s case.

The president seems to have lost his talent for shaping the story of the day. Or did the Wall Street Journal just throw him a lifeline?

By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -For years, President Donald Trump and his Republican allies benefited from conspiracy theories that fueled the conservative MAGA movement and targeted his political enemies.

A newly released government memo stating there is no Epstein “client list” or evidence of blackmail has sparked backlash from key Trump allies. Michael Flynn, Steve Bannon, and Megyn Kelly criticised President Trump for downplaying the issue,

Trump faces MAGA backlash over Epstein as calls for transparency grow and loyalists demand the files be released.

In the days since the Trump administration released a memo on Jeffrey Epstein directly at odds with conspiracy theories pushed by the president and some of his top lieutenants, Donald Trump’s movement and most ardent supporters are in revolt.

Multiple questions remained the day after the bombshell report, and Trump has filed a $10B lawsuit. Here’s how it all played out.

In the last month alone, competing factions of President Donald Trump’s supporters have repeatedly squared off over the bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities, the “big, beautiful” tax-and-spending bill and Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Trump, in an uncharacteristically defensive tone, asked, “What’s going on with my ‘boys’ and… ‘gals’?” He downplayed the Epstein case as “boring” and mocked dissenters as “weaklings” and “PAST supporters,

Trump base isn't satisfied by Epstein memo findings. Fallout continues after the Justice Department and FBI's announcement they have found no evidence that convicted sex offender