FBI deputy director Dan Bongino advised folks near him that he was contemplating resigning after he had a significant conflict with Lawyer Basic Pam Bondi over the Epstein case, CNN reported. The DOJ and the FBI collectively issued a memo this week closing the investigation into convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein who died by suicide in 2019 in his jail cell. After years of promising explosive paperwork, the DOJ and the FBI stated they don’t have any new paperwork to supply aside from little one pornography which they will not launch; in addition they stated Epstein didn’t have any record of high-profile contacts whom he was threatening. The administration additionally launched 10-hour surveillance footage from outdoors Epstein’s cell to show that nobody got here there earlier than Epstein dedicated suicide and so there was no room for foul play.
Infighting amongst Dan Bongino, Kash Patel and Pam Bondi
A trusted lieutenant of FBI director Kash Patel, Dan Bongino has been preventing all of the criticisms that got here the FBI’s approach. Whereas all three of them confronted the warmth for overpromising for years, Dan Bongino had a conflict with Pam Bondi at a White Home assembly. Bongino was additionally blamed for approving the discharge of the footage which had a one-minute hole. When Bongino reviewed the footage, he didn’t flag the difficulty that the one-minute hole would elevate suspicion.Pam Bondi defined that the hole was as a result of the system in 2019 wanted a reboot every single day and that hole is there in all footage. Bongino was additionally blamed for a NewsNation report that claimed Kash Patel would have launched the paperwork a lot earlier, if he had the authority. This implied that Pam Bondi sat on the paperwork and raised folks’s hope that some explosive revelations had been popping out whereas Kash Patel might have revealed the reality lengthy earlier than. Dan Bongino stated he was not behind the NewsNation report.
Will Dan Bongino resign?
CNN reported that Bongino spoke a couple of potential resignation however has not made up his thoughts. And it is potential that he might proceed in his place. The MAGA world threw their help to Bongino and as a substitute needed Pam Bondi to be sacrificed for the ‘botch-up’. A significant drama started Friday after it was reported that Bongino didn’t come to work Friday. “The entire thing has been an entire mess and nobody is joyful,” CNN reported citing sources.
‘Dan Bongino, Pam Bondi to resign, Kash Patel to proceed’
Proper-wing commentator Alex Jones claimed each Dan Bongino and Pam Bondi will resign whereas Kash Patel will proceed heading the FBI. He stated he received the intel from a number of FBI sources. Each Pam Bondi and Dan Bongino are on their approach out quickly, if not now, Alex Jones stated.
Who’s Dan Bongino?
Earlier than changing into the deputy director, Dan Bongino was a conservative political commentator, radio present host, writer, and former Secret Service agent. Born on December 4, 1974, in New York Metropolis, Bongino first gained nationwide consideration by way of his regulation enforcement and federal service profession. He labored with the New York Metropolis Police Division earlier than becoming a member of america Secret Service, the place he served in the course of the administrations of Presidents George W Bush and Barack Obama. After leaving the Secret Service in 2011, Bongino launched a political profession, operating unsuccessfully for Congress a number of instances as a Republican in Maryland and Florida.Bongino hosted The Dan Bongino Present, a well-liked podcast and radio program, and in addition had affiliations with Fox Information, although he parted methods with the community in 2023.