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Daniel Bongino speaks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, June 10, 2020, in Washington. (Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP, File)

Furor over Epstein files sparks clash between Bondi and Bongino at the Justice Department

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.
 
FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a news conference at the Manassas FBI Field Office, March 27, 2025, in Manassas, VA. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, File)

Under Patel, FBI heightens focus on violent crime, illegal immigration. Other threats abound, too

 
Attorney General Pam Bondi, right, and FBI Director Kash Patel speak during a news conference at the Department of Justice, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump has long warned of a government ‘deep state.’ Now in power, he’s under pressure to expose it

 
President Donald Trump, left, greets justices of the Supreme Court, from left, Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, before addressing a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Trump’s clash with the courts raises prospect of showdown over separation of powers

 
FBI director Kash Patel arrives on the South Lawn of the White House before President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump participate in the White House Easter Egg Roll, April 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

FBI reassigns agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say

 

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An FBI seal is displayed on a podium before a news conference at the field office in Portland, Ore., Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Head of FBI New York office says he’s retired from the bureau after being ordered to do so

 
Conservative commentator Dan Bongino speaks at the Conservative Political Action Committee annual conference in National Harbor, Md., March 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

The FBI’s new deputy director is a popular podcaster — who has had plenty to say about the agency

 
Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's new director of the FBI, is pictured during his ceremonial swearing-in, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump’s Cabinet members have already backtracked on some promises made before being confirmed

 
Conservative commentator Dan Bongino speaks at the Conservative Political Action Committee annual conference in National Harbor, Md., March 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Ex-Secret Service agent and conservative media personality Dan Bongino picked as FBI deputy director