The fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files flap is cascading, further roiling a Justice Department and FBI that have struggled for months to appease the demands of far-right conservative personalities and influential members of President Donald Trump’s base.

Bongino, the deputy director of the FBI, “is out of control furious,” one source told NBC News. Another said he did not report to work on Friday.

Tensions that simmered for months boiled over when the Justice Department and FBI issued a two-page statement this week saying that they had concluded that Jeffrey Epstein did not possess a "client list.

Donald Trump took to Truth Social with a post defending Attorney General Pam Bondi and blasting those he says are derailing the MAGA movement by focusing on Jeffrey Epstein. In […] The post Trump Explodes on Truth Social: “Leave Pam Bondi Alone,

US President Donald Trump has urged his supporters and allies to stop attacking Attorney General Pam Bondi, saying she is doing an excellent job and should be allowed to focus on her work. In a lengthy post on Truth Social,

Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired several Department of Justice (DOJ) employees who worked with former special counsel Jack Smith on two criminal investigations into President Donald Trump 's possession of classified documents and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, Reuters reported on Friday.

Multiple sources have detailed clashes between Attorney General Pam Bondi and the FBI’s number two, Dan Bongino, who is reportedly considering leaving his post over Bondi’s handling of the Epstein files.

Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino stepped away Friday after he "lost his mind" over the scandal around the files in the case of Jeffrey Epstein. Attorney General Pam Bondi made it clear multiple times that she had the files on her desk and claimed she was handing some out to right-wing influencers.