President Donald Trump has come to the defense of Attorney General Pam Bondi amid an all-out revolt among his MAGA base over the administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. But his effort over the weekend to quell the outrage only seemed to add fuel to to the fire.

This weekend, tension surrounding Donald Trump's handling of information related to the death and crimes of Jeffrey Epstein reached a new high. Win McNamee / Previously, Trump rattled both left and right-wingers during a cabinet meeting when he questioned why the public would still be demanding answers about Epstein.

Trump faces MAGA revolt over Epstein files, risking key alliances and distracting from midterm campaign priorities. Newsweek's live blog is closed.