A Republican thorn in Donald Trump’s side is joining forces with a California Democrat to seek answers from the administration over sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie–whose opposition to the GOP’s budget bill last month led Trump to demand his exile from the party–teamed up with Rep.

The Republican majority on the House Rules Committee voted against allowing the amendment to be added to the cryptocurrency-related "Genius Act."

The president is digging in his heels on the issue even as his most fervent supporters turn against his stance on the convicted pedophile who was once his close friend.