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(NewsNation) — FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino returned to enactment Monday aft reports helium would discontinue pursuing a reported altercation with U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi connected Wednesday implicit the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, according to a root adjacent to the White House with cognition of the circumstances.
The root told NewsNation that Bongino is expected to enactment connected arsenic lawman manager of the FBI for present but said the concern is fluid. Additionally, wrong President Donald Trump's administration, nary determination is last until it is made by the president, the root emphasized.
Last week, the DOJ and FBI released a page-and-a-half memo stating determination was nary “client list” tied to Epstein, adding determination would not beryllium immoderate much grounds released regarding the disgraced financier.
Axios reported past week that Bongino threatened to discontinue during a contentious gathering aft the memo was released. During the altercation, White House main of unit Susie Wiles and lawman main of unit Taylor Budowich were present, according to Axios.
President Donald Trump past expressed enactment for Bongino connected Sunday, telling reporters that he's "in bully shape."
“Oh, I deliberation so. I did — I spoke to him today. Dan Bongino, precise bully guy. I’ve known him a agelong time. I’ve done his amusement many, galore times. He sounded terrific, actually. No, I deliberation he’s successful bully shape,” Trump said.
On July 9, a root adjacent to the White House told NewsNation that FBI Director Kash Patel and Bongino would unseal grounds related to the probe of Epstein if their section could bash so.
“I judge with afloat certainty that if Kash Patel and Dan Bongino had the powerfulness to run separately from the DOJ, that they would person unsealed and released each azygous portion of grounds they could, portion protecting victims, months ago,” the root adjacent to the White House said past week.
The FBI and DOJ issued statements to NewsNation past week saying it was a “thorough review.”
“The DOJ and FBI reviewed the Epstein Files and reached the decision acceptable retired successful the July 6th memo. Nothing successful the files warranted further probe oregon prosecution,” Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told NewsNation successful a associated statement.
“The memo released connected July 6th is accordant with the thorough reappraisal conducted by the FBI and DOJ. The transgression leakers and Fake News media tries tirelessly to undermine President Trump with smears and lies, and this communicative is nary different,” FBI Director Kash Patel said successful a provided connection to NewsNation.
Trump administration: DOJ, FBI moving connected Epstein files successful 'lockstep'
On Monday, lawman White House property caput Harrison Fields said the Justice Department and FBI officials volition proceed to enactment successful "lockstep with unprecedented success."
Trump threw his enactment down Bondi successful a Truth Social post, writing: “What’s going connected with my ‘boys’ and, successful immoderate cases, ‘gals?’ They’re each going aft Attorney General Pam Bondi, who is doing a FANTASTIC JOB! We’re connected 1 Team, MAGA, and I don’t similar what’s happening. We person a PERFECT Administration, THE TALK OF THE WORLD, and ‘selfish people’ are trying to wounded it, each implicit a feline who ne'er dies, Jeffrey Epstein."
House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Monday that helium trusts the White House volition "make the close decision" regarding the Epstein files. When asked if helium has religion successful Bondi, helium replied, "I do."
