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FBI Director Kash Patel on Saturday squashed rumors of a rift contained in the Trump administration’s law-and-order workforce, simply hours earlier than the president himself defended Lawyer Normal Pam Bondi amid Jeffrey Epstein probe backlash.
The criticism got here after the FBI and Division of Justice on Sunday launched a memo shutting down theories about an alleged Epstein consumer listing, discovering a tell-all doc exposing his associates didn’t exist. Fueling the fireplace was a one-minute hole in a surveillance video from Epstein’s cell, which was a part of the proof the DOJ launched. The assessment discovered the disgraced financier died by suicide in jail in 2019.
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Fox Information reported Friday that Patel’s No. 2, Deputy Director Dan Bongino, was contemplating resigning if Bondi stayed on as head of the Division of Justice, which oversees the FBI. There have been unconfirmed reviews that Patel would possibly step down as properly, however he shot that down with a social media submit Saturday, saying “conspiracy theories” a couple of potential resignation over Bondi’s dealing with of the Jeffrey Epstein recordsdata “simply aren’t true.”
“The conspiracy theories simply aren’t true, by no means have been,” Patel wrote. “It is an honor to serve the President of the USA @realDonaldTrump — and I am going to proceed to take action for so long as he calls on me.”
FBI Director Kash Patel, left, and disgraced financier and alleged intercourse trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, proper. (Getty)
Hours after Patel’s submit, President Donald Trump took to Fact Social to specific unhappiness together with his follower’s response.
Trump supporters posted movies to social media Saturday afternoon charring MAGA hats in protest.
“What is going on on with my ‘boys’ and, in some circumstances, ‘gals?’ They’re all going after Lawyer Normal Pam Bondi, who’s doing a FANTASTIC JOB,” Trump wrote. “We’re on one Workforce, MAGA, and I don’t like what’s taking place.”
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He went on to explain Epstein as a “man who by no means dies” and shifted blame to former President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former FBI Director James Comey, former CIA director John Brennan, and the Biden administration.
“They created the Epstein Recordsdata, similar to they created the FAKE Hillary Clinton/Christopher Steele File that they used on me, and now my so-called ‘mates’ are enjoying proper into their fingers,” Trump wrote. “Why didn’t these Radical Left Lunatics launch the Epstein Recordsdata? If there was ANYTHING in there that would have damage the MAGA Motion, why didn’t they use it?”
Jeffrey Epstein’s non-public island within the U.S. Virgin Islands, Little St. John. (Getty Photos)
The president claimed that one 12 months in the past, the nation was “DEAD,” however is now “the ‘HOTTEST’ Nation wherever within the World.
“Let’s maintain it that approach, and never waste Time and Vitality on Jeffrey Epstein, any individual that no one cares about,” Trump wrote.
Rumors a couple of change in management had been triggered by Patel’s obvious X biography change, the place his title as FBI Director was eliminated to solely learn, “Fmr Chief of Employees @DeptofDefense.”
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A number of sources instructed Fox Information Digital Bongino and Bondi butted heads at a White Home assembly Wednesday, with Bongino accusing Bondi of a “lack of transparency from the beginning” within the Epstein recordsdata probe.
The previous Secret Service agent-turned FBI official allegedly raised his voice at Trump’s White Home chief of workers earlier than storming out, and has since been weighing resignation over the episode, insiders mentioned.
Bondi and Patel, nonetheless, have offered a united entrance. Sources near Bondi declare she has “no intention of stepping down” and the pair are in fixed communication.
BG Group Demolition crews tear down the Palm Seashore dwelling of late financier and intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein in Palm Seashore, Fla. April 20, 2021. (Greg Lovett/USA TODAY NETWORK)
“Any try and sow division inside this workforce is baseless and distracts from the actual progress being made,” White Home Deputy Press Secretary Harrison Fields instructed Fox Information Digital, emphasizing that Trump’s law-and-order lineup is working “seamlessly and with unity.”
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“President Trump has assembled a extremely certified and skilled legislation and order workforce devoted to defending Individuals, holding criminals accountable, and delivering justice to victims,” Fields added. “This work is being carried out seamlessly and with unity. Any try and sow division inside this workforce is baseless and distracts from the actual progress being made in restoring public security and pursuing justice for all.”
The FBI didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.
Fox Information’ David Spunt, Amanda Macias, Jake Gibson, Ashley Oliver and Brie Stimson contributed to this report.
