A small but influential cohort of the president’s far-right political coalition spared him their ire but turned with a vengeance on the attorney general and the top officials at the F.B.I.

President Donald Trump leaped to the defense of Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday in the face of mounting criticism from far-right influencers and conservative internet personalities over the Justice Department's abrupt refusal to release additional documents from the Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking investigation.

Attorney General Pam Bondi responded to a question about the alleged missing minute in video footage released by the Department of Justice meant to prove that Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide.At a White House Cabinet meeting,