The Department of Justice and FBI's memo on the federal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein has reignited criticism from some of President Donald Trump's supporters over information released in the case involving one of the most infamous sex trafficking criminals in modern history.

The Trump administration records releases on Jeffrey Epstein are finished, but transparency lawsuits may reveal what else the government has kept hidden.

President Donald Trump promoted the conspiracy theory over the weekend, congratulating Gabbard on Truth Social

Trump promised a lawsuit after The Wall Street Journal described a sexually suggestive letter that the newspaper says bore Trump’s name and was included in a 2003 album for Epstein’s 50th birthday.

No doubt for mainstream-media readers, the Epstein rift came out of nowhere,” said a New York Times reporter. “We had not established how important this story was to a good chunk of the MAGA base.” A political reporter at a rival publication added,

Senate Republicans moved to block an effort from their Democratic counterparts Thursday afternoon to demand the Trump administration to release

President Donald Trump’s strategy has been to downplay the uproar over the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case as his supporters demand the Justice Department release much-hyped records in the investigation.

President Trump "would not recommend" that Attorney General Pam Bondi appoint a special prosecutor to handle the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday.

The Department of Justice released a memo last weekend that contradicted Bondi's statement about an Epstein client list being on her desk to review.

Trump faces political risk from the Epstein story. So far, however, his MAGA base has largely rallied around him.