Nearly a decade after Jeffrey Epstein’s first arrest and years after his controversial prison death, the trove of court and investigative files tied to the disgraced convicted sex offender remains a raw, dividing issue within former President Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again movement—even as top headlines have shifted to pressing international crises like the ongoing conflict in Iran. For 19-year-old Cayden McBride, a Rome, Georgia college student and self-identified lifelong Trump supporter, digging through thousands of pages of declassified documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice has become a daily routine. After wrapping up his classes each day, McBride opens his laptop and spends hours sifting through flight logs, witness transcripts, photos, and video footage, chasing new details about Epstein’s crimes and his long-rumored connections to powerful figures across U.S. politics and public life.
Why this disillusioned Trump voter spends hours searching Epstein files
