Just 38 days after President Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office, a group of 15 high-profile MAGA influencers—many of whom had backed Trump since the early days—were summoned to the West Wing for what was billed as a casual sit-down. But what unfolded inside the White House on February 27 has ignited a firestorm of backlash that now threatens to rupture the President’s base over one name: Jeffrey Epstein.
Among those invited was Mike Cernovich, 47, a lawyer-turned-right-wing firebrand who helped shape the early MAGA movement. Like the others, he expected a meet-and-greet with new administration officials—perhaps Vice President J.D. Vance, maybe a few staffers. Instead, the meeting took a strange turn.
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