
EXCLUSIVE Trump's FBI boss Dan Bongino escalates Epstein feud with Pam Bondi with bold plan to address 'failures'
Last week, Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino were targeted with fury after a leaked DOJ/FBI memo found convicted pedophile Epstein did not kill himself and there was never a 'client list' of his co-conspirators.
Despite the backlash, all three political appointees appear to be keeping their Trump administration jobs – for now.
But that isn't stopping nasty infighting among the agency heads.
Sources close to Bongino said last week that he wouldn't stick around at the FBI if Bondi remained in her post because he blames her for the rough rollout of the memo's findings.
A person close to the White House told the Daily Mail that Bongino was working at FBI headquarters on Monday, but he may only be staying under one condition.
They said Bongino is pressuring Bondi to hold a press conference to answer lingering questions on the Jeffrey Epstein files.
That includes why the review came up way short of what she promised to reveal in the high profile child sex trafficking case.
'While the Deputy Director has many significant operations underway that he finds very important to see through, he does plan to continue to fight for transparency and accountability for failures in the Epstein saga, including a press conference from the attorney general to explain discrepancies in communication directly to the American people,' the source said.
The Justice Department did not respond to a request on whether there are plans for Bondi to hold a press conference.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has faced a slew of criticism from MAGA world for the letdown of the Justice Department's review of the documents in the Epstein investigation
Patel, for his part, dispelled 'conspiracies' that he was also considering a departure due to the Justice Department's botched handling of the review of Epstein's crimes.
President Donald Trump came to the defense of his AG in a lengthy Truth Social post over the weekend where he told his supporters and critical FBI leadership to 'let Pam Bondi do her job.'
He said that Patel and Bongino should be focused on matters outside of the Epstein files – like investigating voter fraud, political corruption and the 2020 election.
Trump's 2024 campaign centered on his promise to break down the bureaucracy of government and reveal federal secrets – including the Epstein files and documents related to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.
Bongino is particularly irked by Bondi overselling what she had during the early stages of the Epstein investigation.
In February, the Attorney General invited MAGA influencers to the White House and gave them binders containing 'a truckload' of new details in 'phase one' of the release.
Upon closer inspection it was discovered the folders contained no new information.
Bondi then said she had Epstein's highly anticipated 'client list' on her desk waiting for review and release, which never came.
An unsigned memo with DOJ and FBI seals was leaked this month and maintains Epstein's client list does not exist.
It also concluded that Epstein likely died by suicide, rather than the long-held conspiracy held by many within MAGA that he was murdered in jail while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
Bondi said that no more people would be arrested or convicted in the case.
Currently, British socialite and Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence for her role in the sex trafficking ring.
She is the only living person facing the music for Epstein's crimes.
The Justice Department on Monday opposed a filing requesting the Supreme Court take up Maxwell's appeal in the case.
Maxwell's lawyers argue that their client shouldn't have been prosecuted because she was protected under a plea agreement that Epstein made with the Southern District of Florida in 2008.
Several high profile and famous people – including Trump – were associated with Epstein and on the flight logs of his private plane, which he used to go to and from his island.
Democrats claim that Trump is using Bondi to prevent any more information from coming to light in the Epstein files because they claim the president and some of his rich buddies might be implicated.

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