US Attorney General Bondi’s critics include far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, who was frequently seen with Trump on the campaign trail, and billionaire Elon Musk, Trump’s biggest campaign donor.<\/p>\n
The memo sent out on Monday, jointly released with the FBI, said there was “no incriminating client list” nor evidence to suggest Epstein had blackmailed high-profile figures suspected of being in what conservatives call the “deep state”. <\/p>\n
The government’s findings were made, according to the memo, after reviewing more than 300 gigabytes of data. <\/p>\n
The findings follow multiple pledges from Bondi to reveal potentially damaging evidence related to Epstein, including “a lot of names” and “a lot of flight logs”. <\/p>\n
Many of Bondi’s past claims related to the Epstein files, and the possibility of hidden evidence, had been echoed by FBI Director Kash Patel and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino.<\/p>\n
After the memo was released, frustrations from Bongino led to a contentious meeting between him and Bondi in the White House on Wednesday, according to the BBC’s media partner CBS News. <\/p>\n
The feud highlighted what some have described as a growing division between the FBI and the Justice Department over the Epstein case.<\/p>\n
On Friday, Loomer claimed on X that she was told Bongino was “seriously thinking about resigning”.<\/p>\n
Bongino did not show up to work on Friday, according to CBS News sources.<\/p>\n
Epstein’s sudden death aged 66 in a jail cell inside New York’s Metropolitan Correctional Center in 2019 has been a strong source of conspiracy theories for years.<\/p>\n
The FBI and Justice Department’s memo confirmed that Epstein died by suicide, which many people in Trump’s orbit had questioned.<\/p>\n
Bondi suggested to Fox News in February that Epstein’s client list was “sitting on my desk right now to review”.<\/p>\n
However, she clarified those remarks in the White House on Tuesday, telling reporters that she was commenting on the entire Epstein “file” and other files.<\/p>\n
The president’s frustrations with the ongoing public interest in Epstein were on display last week in the White House, when he responded to a reporter’s question with: “Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein?”<\/p>\n
Debate about the Epstein case broke out again last month – amid a public spat with the president – tech billionaire Musk claimed, without evidence, that Trump appears in unreleased government files linked to the late sex offender.<\/p>\n
The White House rubbished those claims, and the post was deleted by Musk.<\/p>\n
In remarks last week Trump expressed disappointment that, with other major news happening, people were “still talking about [Epstein] this guy, this creep?”<\/p>\n
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