CNN’s Chief Washington Correspondent Jake Tapper has accused the Trump administration of playing the public for fools by effectively closing the case on late child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “This isn’t going to go away,

Trump reminded supporters of a litany of past grievances and conspiracy theories he has promoted over the years, but asked them to leave Jeffrey Epstein in the past.

Despite the scores of competing pressures that animate the MAGA movement these days, it is still Trump and only Trump who defines the direction.