Trump Just Threw Pam Bondi and Kash Patel to the Wolves on Epstein
Facing enormous pressure from his base last week, Trump ordered the Justice Department to release additional documents pertaining to its investigation into Epstein. The White House did not specify at the time if the documents would be made public, and did not explain the sudden contradiction after Trump had spent the better part of the last week insisting that the Epstein fiasco was a Democrat-invented 'hoax.'
But by Monday, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was deflecting questions to the subordinate agencies for updates on the case.
'Why doesn't the president just order the FBI to release the full Epstein files and just get it all out there?' a reporter asked Leavitt in a gaggle outside the White House.
'The president has said if the Department of Justice and the FBI want to move forward with releasing any credible evidence, they should do so. As to why they have not, you should ask the FBI about that,' Leavitt said, directing journalists to FBI Director Kash Patel.
Trump is, apparently, happy to let his Justice Department chief, Attorney General Pam Bondi, take the blame, suddenly reversing course on his fervent defense of Bondi in the weeks since her own agency issued a memo contradicting her on the existence of the pedophilic sex trafficker's so-called 'client list.'
'One thing that's been clear is his feelings about it,' an unnamed White House official told NBC News last week. 'This now resides within the DOJ.'
But Trump has a well-documented history with the New York financier. Prior to his death, Epstein described himself as one of Trump's 'closest friends.' The socialites were named and photographed together several times; Trump allegedly penned a salacious letter to Epstein for the pedophile's 50th birthday; and the first time that Trump slept with his now-wife Melania was reportedly aboard Epstein's plane, the 'Lolita Express.'
And more details are emerging: Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin challenged the administration last week regarding its 'chaotic' review of tens of thousands of documents related to the Epstein investigation, accusing Bondi of pressuring FBI staff to flag and then cover up mentions of Trump in the records.
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