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Legal professional Basic Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino all known as for Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking secrets and techniques to be made public lengthy earlier than the DOJ’s beautiful about-face final week.
“This systemic evaluate revealed no incriminating ‘consumer listing,’” learn a joint memo leaked to Axios every week in the past. “There was additionally no credible proof discovered that Epstein blackmailed outstanding people as a part of his actions. We didn’t uncover proof that might predicate an investigation in opposition to uncharged third events.”
The revelation shocked many MAGA Republicans and Trump supporters, who had for years believed that Epstein was on the coronary heart of a kid intercourse trafficking ring that concerned blackmailing outstanding movers and shakers worldwide. Many additionally doubt the federal government’s discovering that Epstein died by his personal hand in New York’s Metropolitan Correctional Heart in 2019.
Trump has since disregarded the Epstein investigation as previous information, slamming a reporter who requested about Epstein throughout a Cupboard assembly final week, and posting a Reality Social message on Saturday defending Bondi for her management over the case and claiming that Epstein is “anyone that no one cares about.”
“LET PAM BONDI DO HER JOB — SHE’S GREAT! The 2020 Election was Rigged and Stolen, and so they tried to do the identical factor in 2024 — That’s what she is wanting into as AG, and way more,” Trump wrote in a prolonged Reality Social publish defending Bondi. “One yr in the past our Nation was DEAD, now it’s the ‘HOTTEST’ Nation wherever within the World. Let’s hold it that manner, and never waste Time and Vitality on Jeffrey Epstein, anyone that no one cares about.”
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President Donald Trump speaks Tuesday throughout a Cupboard assembly with Legal professional Basic Pam Bondi. (AP Picture/Evan Vucci)
As MAGA supporters proceed calling for particulars on Epstein’s crimes and alleged ties to the world’s elite, Fox Information Digital took a glance again at what Bondi, Patel and Bongino needed to say about Epstein earlier than the anticlimactic memo dropped.
Legal professional Basic Pam Bondi joins “Hannity” on June 30, 2025. (Fox Information/Hannity)
AG PAM BONDI
Simply a few weeks after Bondi was sworn in because the nation’s 87th lawyer normal on Feb. 5, she joined Fox Information Channel and touted her mission of transparency, most notably on Epstein, and the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.
“The DOJ could also be releasing the listing of Jeffrey Epstein’s purchasers. Will that actually occur?” Fox Information’ John Roberts requested Bondi in an interview on Feb. 21.
“It’s sitting on my desk proper now to evaluate. That is been a directive by President Trump. I am reviewing that. I am reviewing the JFK recordsdata, the MLK recordsdata. That’s all within the technique of being reviewed as a result of that was completed on the directive of the president from all these businesses,” Bondi responded.
“Have you ever seen something that you just stated, ‘Oh, my gosh?’” Roberts requested.
“Not but,” Bondi responded.
Bondi launched an preliminary batch of recordsdata on Epstein to a handful of social media personalities in late February, however the packets didn’t include new proof. Nevertheless, Bondi as soon as once more vowed to return by means of on Trump’s message of transparency on Epstein’s “disgusting actions.”
“This Division of Justice is following by means of on President Trump’s dedication to transparency and lifting the veil on the disgusting actions of Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators,” Bondi stated in press launch. “The primary part of recordsdata launched immediately sheds gentle on Epstein’s in depth community and begins to supply the general public with lengthy overdue accountability.”
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The following month, in March, Bondi joined Fox Information’ Sean Hannity and stated she ordered the FBI to ship proof associated to Epstein beneath a agency deadline, claiming an area area workplace in New York initially withheld proof on Epstein.
“I gave [the FBI] a deadline of Friday at 8 a.m. to get us every little thing,” Bondi stated. “And a supply had informed me the place the paperwork had been being saved, Southern District of New York, shock. So we bought all of them by Friday at 8 a.m.”
“Hundreds of pages of paperwork. I’ve the FBI going by means of them… and Director Patel goes to get us an in depth report as to why the FBI withheld all of these paperwork,” she continued on the time.
Bondi once more in Might fanned the flames of a possible Epstein bombshell when she said there have been no recordsdata lacking from her investigation and that the DOJ had uncovered tens of hundreds of movies exhibiting Epstein with “youngsters and baby porn.”
“No, the FBI, they’re reviewing tens of hundreds of movies of Epstein with youngsters or baby porn,” Bondi informed the media in Might when requested concerning the Epstein recordsdata.
“There are tons of of victims,” she added. “… The FBI is diligently going by means of that.”
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Bondi was confronted about her February feedback on the Epstein recordsdata throughout a Cupboard assembly on Tuesday, the place she defended her remarks to Fox Information relating to claims that the Epstein recordsdata had been on her desk and prepared for evaluate.
“I used to be requested a query concerning the consumer listing, and my response was, ‘it is sitting on my desk to be reviewed,’ which means the file together with the JFK, MLK recordsdata as nicely,” Bondi responded.
“That is what I meant by that. Additionally, to the tens of hundreds of video, they turned out to be baby porn downloaded by that disgusting Jeffrey Epstein,” she continued, saying no such movies can be launched or “see the sunshine of day.”
FBI Director Kash Patel (Home Committee on Appropriations )
DIRECTOR PATEL
Lengthy earlier than Patel was floated and named as Trump’s FBI chief, the longtime opponent of the “Deep State” claimed the FBI was in charge of Epstein’s reported consumer listing and stated it might be launched on Trump’s first day in workplace by way of a subpoena.
“That’s beneath direct management of the director of the FBI,” Patel stated in 2023 throughout an interview with BlazeTV’s Glenn Beck. “That’s a factor I believe President Trump ought to run on. On day one, roll out the black e-book.”
Patel added in an interview with conservative social media character Benny Johnson that very same yr that the FBI was protecting the listing non-public because of the high-profile names in Epstein’s orbit.
“Put in your massive boy pants and tell us who the pedophiles are,” Patel stated, aiming his remarks at Republican lawmakers.
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He continued that “one subpoena to the FBI” would have pressured the discharge of the alleged listing throughout the identical interview with Johnson.
Patel, who was seen as certainly one of Trump’s extra controversial Cupboard picks, earned the reward of key senators for his public calls to uncover particulars on Epstein forward of his affirmation hearings. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., for instance, promoted Patel’s nomination as FBI director as he would reveal particulars on Epstein.
“I stay up for working with Kash Patel as FBI Director to launch Epstein’s flight logs and black e-book,” Blackburn posted to X following Patel’s nomination in November. “Underneath the Trump administration, the American persons are going to get solutions.”
Quick-forward to his affirmation listening to in January, Patel vowed he would work to uncover Epstein’s alleged huge net of crimes and connections to high-profile people.
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“I need to discuss to you concerning the Epstein case,” Blackburn informed Epstein in January throughout his affirmation listening to. “I’ve labored on this for years, making an attempt to get these data of who flew on Epstein’s airplane and who helped him construct this worldwide human trafficking, intercourse trafficking ring. Now earlier I urged then Chairman Durbin to subpoena these data and I ended up being blocked by Senator Durbin and Christopher Wray. They stonewalled on this and I do know that breaking apart these trafficking rings is vital to President Trump. So will you’re employed with me on this situation so we all know who labored with Jeffrey Epstein in constructing the intercourse trafficking rings?”
“Completely, Senator,” Patel responded. “Baby intercourse trafficking has no place in the US of America. And I’ll do every little thing, if confirmed as FBI director, to ensure the American public is aware of the complete weight of what occurred up to now and the way we’re going to counterman lacking youngsters and exploited youngsters going ahead.”
Patel once more vowed in February that he would let no stone go unturned as Bondi demanded extra paperwork from the FBI associated to Epstein.
“The FBI is coming into a brand new period – one which can be outlined by integrity, accountability, and the unwavering pursuit of justice. There can be no cover-ups, no lacking paperwork, and no stone left unturned – and anybody from the prior or present Bureau who undermines this can be swiftly pursued. If there are gaps, we are going to discover them. If data have been hidden, we are going to uncover them. And we are going to convey every little thing we discover to the DOJ to be absolutely assessed and transparently disseminated to the American folks appropriately. The oath we take is to the Structure, and beneath my management, that promise can be upheld with out compromise,” he posted to X a the time.
Patel and Bongino joined Fox Information’ Maria Bartiromo in Might and defended that proof confirmed Epstein killed himself in his New York Metropolis jail cell in 2019 – a loss of life many speculated was not suicide, however a cover-up to allegedly defend elites wrapped up in Epstein’s crime – which sparked outrage amongst conservatives for his or her dealing with of the case.
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“As somebody who has labored as a public defender, as a prosecutor who’s been in that jail system, who’s been within the Metropolitan Detention Heart, who’s been in segregated housing, you already know a suicide whenever you see one, and that is what that was,” Patel stated when questioned about Epstein’s loss of life in the course of the interview.
As Trump supporters spoke out in opposition to the FBI and DOJ memo figuring out there was no Epstein bombshell, studies circulated {that a} rift at DOJ might result in Patel resigning. The FBI chief denied such claims on X whereas additionally including that “the conspiracy theories simply aren’t true.”
“The conspiracy theories simply aren’t true, by no means have been. It’s an honor to serve the President of the US @realDonaldTrump – and I’ll proceed to take action for so long as he calls on me,” he posted to X.
Dan Bongino had urged People to observe the Epstein case lengthy earlier than he joined the FBI. (Reuters)
DEPUTY DIRECTOR BONGINO
Again when Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino hosted a preferred nationwide podcast, he urged People to maintain their eyes peeled on particulars associated to Epstein as a result of it is a “massive deal.”
“That Jeffrey Epstein story is an enormous deal. Please don’t let that story go. Hold your eye on it,” he informed his viewers in Might 2023.
In January 2024, Bongino once more claimed to his viewers that particulars surrounding Epstein had been surprising and that he heard from trusted sources that there have been a number of movies exhibiting Epstein with associates abusing youngsters.
“Women and gents, it has been speculated by many people who find themselves extraordinarily credible,” Bongino stated on a podcast in 2024, “together with a number of sources to others and to me – one I spoke to instantly – that there are a mess of tapes.”
“That is the place I get actually upset on the media,” he stated later within the podcast, including that journalists had “completed virtually like no – perhaps as a result of I used to be an investigator earlier than, it’s like, I’m amazed at how few persons are placing two and two collectively.”
Following Patel and Bongino reporting to the general public that proof confirmed Epstein dedicated suicide, Bongino posted to X that he was not asking People to “consider me, or not,” however was telling them the information surrounding “what exists, and what doesn’t.”
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“I used to be requested about among the particulars surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein case. I’ve reviewed the case. Jeffrey Epstein killed himself. There’s no proof within the case file indicating in any other case,” Bongino posted on the social platform X after the interview. “I’m not asking you to consider me, or not. I’m telling you what exists, and what doesn’t. If new proof surfaces I’m glad to reevaluate.”
Studies unfold over the weekend that Bongino clashed with Bondi over the Epstein recordsdata, together with allegedly elevating his voice at White Home chief of employees Susie Wiles earlier than abruptly leaving a gathering. Bongino was stated to be irate over Bondi’s “lack of transparency from the beginning” over the dealing with of the recordsdata. Bongino is contemplating resigning over the matter, however no resolution has been made publicly identified.
President Donald Trump has disregarded specializing in the Epstein case in latest days. (AP Picture/Alex Brandon)
Trump, in the meantime, threw his help behind Bondi within the Saturday Reality Social publish whereas underscoring members of his administration are all on the identical group.
“What is going on on with my ‘boys’ and, in some circumstances, ‘gals?’ They’re all going after Legal professional Basic Pam Bondi, who’s doing a FANTASTIC JOB,” Trump wrote in a prolonged publish on Reality Social on Saturday. “We’re on one Staff, MAGA, and I don’t like what’s taking place.”
“For years, it’s Epstein, over and over,” Trump continued whereas pinning blaming for the recordsdata on Democrats. “Why are we giving publicity to Recordsdata written by Obama, Crooked Hillary, Comey, Brennan, and the Losers and Criminals of 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 arms,” Trump wrote. “Why didn’t these Radical Left Lunatics launch the Epstein Recordsdata? If there was ANYTHING in there that might have harm the MAGA Motion, why didn’t they use it?”
Jeffrey Epstein and Legal professional Basic Pam Bondi
Trump, who stated from the marketing campaign path he was open to releasing such Epstein recordsdata if re-elected, slammed a reporter on Tuesday for inquiring concerning the recordsdata, calling Epstein a “creep” who was previous information compared to nationwide tragedies such because the floods that gripped Texas this month.
“This man’s been talked about for years. You are asking.… We have now Texas, we now have this, we now have the entire issues. And are persons are nonetheless speaking about this man, this creep?” Trump requested. “That’s unbelievable.”
“I imply, I can not consider you are asking a query on Jeffrey Epstein,” Trump added. “At a time like this, the place we’re having among the best success and likewise tragedy with what occurred in Texas. It simply looks like a desecration. However you go forward.”
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The DOJ and White Home didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s requests for touch upon the earlier remarks from DOJ management forward of the memo figuring out Epstein didn’t have a consumer listing.
Fox Information Digital’s Ashley Oliver, Brooke Signman, and Brie Stimson contributed to this report.
