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.

The MAGA movement, united for years around the theory of elite impunity, is suddenly uncertain, fractured, and, in some quarters, mutinous.

The Trump Administration’s handling of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s case is opening divides in the GOP.

Right-wing Republicans have also criticized the president’s stances on Iran and Ukraine, hinting at a broader fraying of his political coalition.

Half of Americans say they are dissatisfied with the amount of information the federal government has released about the Jeffrey Epstein case, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS in the days after the Justice Department released a memo saying there is no evidence the convicted sex offender kept a so-called client list or was murdered.

The high-profile case had particularly captivated segments of Mr Trump’s political base, who anticipated sensational disclosures following assurances from top law enforcement officials that document releases would lead to significant revelations about Epstein and his alleged clientele.