Trump, DOJ and Epstein
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Jeffrey Epstein's case continues years after his death, with new images of Maxwell in prison and a government memo upholds suicide while revealing over 1,000 victims
Tensions within the Trump administration have escalated after a reported heated exchange earlier in the week between Bongino and Bondi.
After a tense Friday marked by an unprecedented clash between the FBI and the DOJ over the mishandling of the Epstein case, the White House said reports of the alleged clash between FBI deputy director Dan Bongino and Attorney General Pam Bondi are baseless.
The Justice Department and FBI are struggling to contain the fallout and appease the demands of far-right conservative personalities and influential members of President Donald Trump's base after the administration's decision this week to withhold records from the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation.
Attorney General Pam Bondi had previously promised the public release of scores of records associated with federal probes into Epstein.
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The FBI and Department of Justice said this week the convicted sex offender had "no incriminating client list."
In many of the previous reports about the Epstein scandal, authorities have referenced the “dozens” of victims that the billionaire is alleged to have abused. Meanwhile, a class-action lawsuit filed last year alleged the predatory financier had “hundreds” of victims.
Despite indications from the Justice Department that its search for files related to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein is over, the FBI has told a legal watchdog group that it is still looking through its system.
Multiple sources have detailed clashes between Attorney General Pam Bondi and the FBI’s number two, Dan Bongino, who is reportedly considering leaving his post over Bondi’s handling of the Epstein files.