Political Pressures and Media Influence

When convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in a New York jail in 2019, conspiracy theories about his death began circulating. 

Now, some of Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again supporters are furious that the US president is refusing to release files linked to a sex trafficking investigation, which many think contain a list of Epstein’s high profile clients. 

Today, John Barron, co-host of the ABC’s Planet America program, on why the president’s usual playbook for getting himself out of trouble isn’t working this time. 

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John Barron, co-host of Planet America