Pasi Cayden McBride finishes his classes in Georgia, returns home, opens his laptop, and begins searching. For several months, the 19-year-old has spent hours reviewing the Jeffrey Epstein files on the U.S. Department of Justice website and following others online who are doing the same.
McBride believes the Epstein files still matter, even though media headlines have recently shifted toward the conflict with Iran. "As a Christian, I don't believe anyone should have to go through what these women experienced. There are many terrible things in these files." McBride describes himself as a "Trump guy" and "very anti-establishment." He says he would always defend the American president, convinced that Donald Trump's Make America Great Again movement represented the exposure of corruption.
However, the DOJ's delay in releasing all the files and the perceived lack of accountability afterward have left him and many others disillusioned with the movement, the president, and especially with Pam Bondi, Trump's former attorney general.
Bondi stepped down just last week and was temporarily replaced by her deputy, Todd Blanche. Trump has praised Bondi for "extraordinary work," while Blanche has denied that her handling of the Epstein files was related to her departure.