After a tense Friday marked by an unprecedented clash between the FBI and the DOJ over the mishandling of the Epstein case, the White House said reports of the alleged clash between FBI deputy director Dan Bongino and Attorney General Pam Bondi are baseless.

As the fallout over the Trump administration’s handling of files related to Jeffrey Epstein continues, Attorney General Pam Bondi reportedly confronted FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino in what The New York Times reported was an “angry face-to-face confrontation.

Since Kash Patel and Dan Bongino assumed leadership roles atop the FBI, the bureau has adopted a noticeably more forceful approach with polygraph tests, the New York Times reported Thursday. Agents and senior staff have been asked pointedly in polygraphs and interviews whether they have “cast aspersions on Mr.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche took to social media Friday to defend the Justice Department’s handling of the Epstein memo released earlier this week.