Bondi, FBI spar over Epstein case

DEPUTY DIRECTOR BONGINO 'CONSIDERING RESIGNING'

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The bitter blame game over the handling of the investigation into disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein erupted in public on Friday between Attorney General Pam Bondi and the senior leadership of the FBI, particularly the bureau’s deputy director, Dan Bongino.

Ms Bondi and her allies believe that Mr Bongino, who parlayed a he-man image and promotion of conspiracies into a top law enforcement job, planted stories in the conservative news media blaming Ms Bondi for the backlash after an announcement this week that the Epstein case would be closed, according to officials close to the situation.

It erupted into an angry face-to-face confrontation at the White House on Wednesday, when an irate Ms Bondi accused Mr Bongino of leaking information to the news media in the presence of FBI Director Kash Patel, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and one of her deputies, Taylor Budowich. Mr Bongino denied it, they said.