From belief to betrayal: Maga base erupts as Trump team junks ‘Epstein Files’

From belief to betrayal: Maga base erupts as Trump team junks ‘Epstein Files’

From Vice President JD Vance to FBI Director Kash Patel, top officials in the Donald Trump administration talked of the ‘Epstein Files’ for years. Then, after the administration said last week that there was nothing in those files, the far-right Maga base has erupted in outrage and slammed the administration for a betrayal.

(From Left) Political commentator Rogan O’Handley, aka DC Draino; TikToker Chaya Raichik; US conservative activist Scott Presler; commentator Liz Wheeler; and US conservative political commentator Chad Prather carry binders bearing the seal of the US Justice Department reading ‘The Epstein Files: Phase 1’ as they walk out of the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 27, 2025. (Photo: Jim Watson/AFP)