President Trump in a social media post implored his supporters to remain unified, and defended Attorney General Pam Bondi following outrage over his administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case.
This week, the Justice Department and the FBI released a joint memo in which they concluded that Epstein had killed himself while in custody on sex trafficking charges in 2019 and that the disgraced financier did not have a "client list."
Some of Trump's supporters have long believed that there was more to the Epstein story and have questioned whether he killed himself or was silenced because he had been supplying young girls to powerful people. Those supporters believed that once Trump was back in office, the truth would come out. Instead, the joint memo essentially stated that there was no "there" there. Among those reportedly angered by the conclusions was Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino.
CNN reported that Bongino was considering resigning his position over the issue. Lara Loomer, a Trump supporter and political activist, wrote on X that Bongino took Friday off to think about things. She also wrote that Bongino and FBI Director Kash Patel should call for Bondi's resignation.
"I'm told Kash and Bongino are furious with Blondi (sic) and the blowback she has caused them with her lack of transparency," Loomer wrote on X. "Kash Patel and Dan Bongino should call for Blondi's (sic) public resignation today to save themselves and to also push for full transparency into the Epstein files."
SCOOP:@FBIDirectorKash and @dbongino are LIVID with @AGPamBondi over her DOJ Memo and the lack of transparency from her office regarding the Jeffery Epstein files.
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) July 11, 2025
Source tells me Dan Bongino is taking the day off today from his job as Deputy Director of the FBI, and there's...
Trump, in a social media post Saturday, attempted to calm the waters.
"What's going on with my 'boys' and, in some cases, 'gals?' They're all going after Attorney General Pam Bondi, who is doing a FANTASTIC JOB! We're on one Team, MAGA, and I don't like what's happening. We have a PERFECT Administration, THE TALK OF THE WORLD, and 'selfish people' are trying to hurt it, all over a guy who never dies, Jeffrey Epstein," Trump wrote.
Trump asserted that he wasn't trying to hide anything, writing that the files in question were created by Democrats, and "If there was ANYTHING in there that could have hurt the MAGA Movement, why didn't they use it?"
He ended by telling his supporters to focus on other things: "One year ago our Country was DEAD, now it's the "HOTTEST" Country anywhere in the World. Let's keep it that way, and not waste Time and Energy on Jeffrey Epstein, somebody that nobody cares about."
