President Donald Trump’s strategy has been to downplay the uproar over the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case as his supporters demand the Justice Department release much-hyped records in the investigation.

On today’s episode of the Playbook Podcast, Adam Wren and Dasha Burns dissect why the Jeffrey Epstein story cuts to the heart of Donald Trump’s political persona. Good Monday morning. It’s Adam Wren in the seat on what is shaping up to be a newsy week.

Trump and many in his administration are now facing the wrath of the more conspiracy theory-minded people who they counted among their most ardent supporters, sparked by the Department of Justice and Trump’s own pleas for people to stop asking questions about Epstein,