Here’s what to know about the disturbing facts and unsubstantiated suspicions that make Jeffrey Epstein, a registered sex offender, a politically potent obsession.

As MAGA world continues to obsess over the Jeffrey Epstein files, President Donald Trump, who appears to want no part, directed his ire at an unexpected target: his own base.

The debate over a federal investigation into the late, disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein continues to stir. But why? A journalist and conspiracy theory expert joined Scripps News to explain.

A Fox News reporter held White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s feet to the fire on Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday. A day after President Donald Trump complained on Truth Social that MAGA supporters fixated on the “Jeffrey Epstein hoax” were “buying into bulls--t,

Asked last April whether he would release whatever information the government has about a number of A-list conspiracy theories, Trump was unequivocal. . . until it came to Epstein. A: Yeah, yeah, I would.

Politics / The president’s denial of the existence of government material on Jeffrey Epstein isn’t going over well with his followers. Chris Lehmann What if they held a deep-state reckoning and nobody came?

Conspiracy theorists tend to be collectors: One conspiracy is never enough. Our conspiracy theorist in chief has speculated that Barack Obama and Nikki Haley weren’t born in the United States, that vaccines cause autism, that voting machines miscounted the results of the 2020 presidential election, and more.

Some of the most influential voices in right-wing media are rejecting Trump’s call to stop wasting “time and energy on Jeffrey Epstein.”

President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt a year ago. The incident has taken on a life of its own, but now some believe he wasn't shot.

President Trump has held his MAGA coalition together for a decade. But many supporters say his refusal to release information on the Jeffrey Epstein case means he’s acting more like the deep state they want to tear down.