White House Releases Statement on Bondi, Bongino Clash Over Handling of Epstein Files

The White House released a statement on the Bondi, Bongino clash on Friday afternoon.

Earlier Friday it was reported that FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino took a day off from work after a clash with Attorney General Pam Bondi over the handling of the Epstein files.

The blowup between Bondi and Bongino happened after the FBI, DOJ released a 2-page memo on Sunday concluding Jeffrey Epstein did not have a “client list” and that he committed suicide.

“Bongino did not report to work Friday amid speculation about his whereabouts, said a source familiar with the perspectives of DOJ leaders who also believes that Bongino is considering leaving,” NBC News reported.

White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Harrison Fields released a statement on the Bondi-Bongino clash.

“President Trump has assembled a highly qualified and experienced law and order team dedicated to protecting Americans, holding criminals accountable, and delivering justice to victims. This work is being carried out seamlessly and with unity. Any attempt to sow division within this team is baseless and distracts from the real progress being made in restoring public safety and pursuing justice for all,” Harrison Fields said.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt provided a statement to NBC News: “President Trump is proud of Attorney General Bondi’s efforts to execute his Make America Safe Again agenda, restore the integrity of the Department of Justice, and bring justice to victims of crime. The continued fixation on sowing division in President Trump’s Cabinet is baseless and unfounded in reality.”

Add me to the list along with you. I didn't cheer the appointments of Bondi, Patel, and Bongino because I wanted the Epstein files and I don't want to lose them over the Epstein files. That doesn't mean I'm happy with the stupidity that's gone on whether it's Bondi declaring the list or whatever comes out tomorrow when nothing comes out and it just gives the Demcrats and media an easy day of throwing crap at us. And I'm not all at happy that Bongino, the Deputy Director of the FBI, not the junior agent in Sheboygan sorting paper clips, got sent home for a day because he had a similar nuclear meltdown to the one he had last year over something O'Bloviator said.

The Epstein stuff should have been assigned to a small group and allowed to proceed in a back room of a basement far away from anyone's notice until it was ready to come out. And when they didn't do that and instead Bondi made those pronouncements that went disastrously wrong in February, that should have told everyone to end it publicly, but they persisted and here we are with a mess on our hands of either the AG going or the FBI director and his deputy going.

I'll just throw this out: The White House Chief of Staff is supposed to keep crap like this from happening and when that doesn't work, drops the hammer on the misbehaving parties. If Susie Wiles is as good as they say, she should be dropping the hammer on these three this weekend and making it stop.

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