Trump says no one cares about Epstein. Why won't his base let it go?

One of the narratives at the heart of President Trump's political movement is this American society is dominated by a shadowy group of elites and those elites are deeply corrupt Nothing represented that theory more than the development of Jeffrey Epstein He was a man the bulk people had never heard of initially with a private plane and a private island Acquainted with the world's preponderance powerful people British royalty U S presidents A man who ultimately died in jail by suicide according to personnel before the matter against him went to trial Epstein's incident and his death bred skepticism and conspiracy theories especially among supporters of Donald Trump Now several of Trump's majority ardent supporters are attacking his Justice Department's decision not to release all of the files related to the Epstein situation Trump says nobody cares about Epstein But his base won't let it go For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This sign up for Consider This via Apple Podcasts or at plus npr org Email us at considerthis npr org Image credit Davidoff Studios Photography