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.

A little over a month after President Donald Trump returned to power, the White House hosted an unusual event. A group of conservative commentators and internet personalities went to the Oval Office for the unveiling of files related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.