The big question on the tips of many political watchers’ tongues right now is whether the Trump administration’s botched handling of the Epstein files will do what virtually nothing has yet: turn President Donald Trump’s devoted base against him.

While Trump has called on his supporters to move past what he describes as the "Jeffrey Epstein Hoax," the controversy has continued.

President Donald Trump will not push for Attorney General Pam Bondi to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate his administration’s management of the Jeffrey Epstein files, as the controversy consumes Congress and his MAGA base.

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.

Some Republicans have called for the appointment of a special counsel, as MAGA allies have raged over the handling of the Epstein investigation.

President Donald Trump personally called The Wall Street Journal’s editor in chief about its upcoming exposé on his links to Jeffrey Epstein. The phone call, first reported on by Oliver Darcy’s Status,

Right-winger influencer and podcast host Nick Fuentes has famously dined with Donald Trump. However, the two are buddies no more because Fuentes shredded Trump on his most recent podcast.

Calls for transparency on Epstein came from several Republicans on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. And Trump's own former vice president, Mike Pence, called for the administration to "release all of the files" regarding the Epstein investigation.

The 7 follows President Donald Trump’s second term. The House GOP’s budget cuts vote was delayed by the Epstein files. Deadline: Because Republicans are pursuing the cuts through what’s known as rescissions, they have to pass the bill by tomorrow. Otherwise, the funds will legally have to be disbursed.

A top Democrat believes Fox may have “deliberately sought to shield then-candidate Trump from any further association with Epstein.”

MSNBC’s Melissa Murray reports on the Epstein scandal consuming the Trump White House as MAGA leaders, top Democrats and non-partisan journalists demand answers. Former federal prosecutor Berit Berger and Political Strategist Aisha Mills join.

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked nine times about the criminal during a Thursday’s 43-minute briefing.