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President Donald Trump is facing growing pressure from his Republican base over unresolved questions about Jeffrey Epstein as his usual tactics of distraction and denial fail to silence calls for transparency and accountability.
Through any number of controversies over the years, President Donald Trump’s modus operandi has been to never give an inch. Steve Bannon calls it Trump’s “fight club mentality,” and it’s certainly more pronounced in his more bare-knuckle second term.
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson is rebuffing pressure to act on the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, instead sending members home early for a month-long break from Washington after the week's legislative agenda was upended by Republican members who are clamoring for a vote.
He attacked his own base for caring about this,” Phillip told her “NewsNight” panel. “He called them stupid and weak. He said he didn’t want their support. And it all seems that that is because he knew something was in there that was incriminating to him.