A small but influential cohort of the president’s far-right political coalition spared him their ire but turned with a vengeance on the attorney general and the top officials at the F.B.I.

President Donald Trump is defending Attorney General Pam Bondi as she faces mounting criticism from far-right influencers and conservative internet personalities over the Justice Department’s abrupt refusal to release additional documents from the Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking investigation.

Bondi said she had no problem answering the reporters questions on whether Epstein worked for a U.S. or Israeli intelligence agency -- Bondi said she would have to look into it -- or why a minute was missing from the 11-hour jailhouse video released by authorities Monday.