The Trump administration is stumbling as it seeks to unwind new details about the Jeffrey Epstein case, infuriating its key boosters with a memo concluding the deceased financier was not murdered and did not keep a list of clients.

Figures in the Trump administration have long embraced and even promoted various conspiracy theories, including those swirling around Epstein’s death. And they’ve actively courted influencers and voters who have peddled such matters.

But the administration's pledges to release details about the case that some have suggested were held back by authorities — only to backtrack and conclude he died by suicide — have failed to satisfy those who fervently believe Epstein was killed to cover up his connections with high-powered figures.

Critics say the Trump administration is in a mess of its own making.

“You couldn’t try to hurt yourself worse, you couldn’t try to discredit the FBI worse than what they’ve done — Pam Bondi, all of it,” said commentator and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, referring to the attorney general — and nearly coming to tears in a video discussing the matter on Monday morning.

“The current DOJ under Pam Bondi is covering up crimes — very serious crimes, by their own description,” former Fox News host Tucker Carlson said on his show released Tuesday.

The interest in the case has dovetailed with President Trump’s selection of numerous figures who have fanned the flames of intrigue around his death.

Vice President Vance has mused about how he “died mysteriously in a jail,” and referenced Epstein’s alleged client list, asking in 2021, “What possible interest would the US government have in keeping........

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