BREAKING: Dan Bongino considers resigning over Epstein files: report

Update: Special Assistant to the President and White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Harrison Fields released a statement:

 

“President Trump has assembled a highly qualified and experienced law and order team dedicated to protecting Americans, holding criminals accountable, and delivering justice to victims. This work is being carried out seamlessly and with unity. Any attempt to sow division within this team is baseless and distracts from the real progress being made in restoring public safety and pursuing justice for all,” Fields said Friday evening.

Original story follows:

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino is reportedly considering resigning from his role after fallout from the Epstein files, and it will come down to either him or Attorney General Pam Bondi leaving the administration, according to The Daily Wire’s Mary Margaret Olohan.

This comes after there was a reported clash between Bongino and Attorney General Pam Bondi, per CNN. Olohan wrote on X, “Source close to Dan Bongino tells me it’s either him or Pam Bondi, and that he won’t stay at FBI if she stays at DOJ.”

"CNN has reached out to Bongino and the FBI for comment. The sources cautioned that Bongino had not made up his mind, and it was possible he would stay in his position,” reporters at CNN said.

The clash between Bongino as well as Bondi was first reported by Laura Loomer, who also said that some sources familiar with the matter said Bongino was thinking about resigning from his role.

CNN reported that the clash between Bongino and Bondi stemmed from a confrontation with them, FBI Director Kash Patel, as well as White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, citing sources. Bongino and Patel were reportedly confronted "about whether they were behind a story that said the FBI wanted more information released but was ultimately stymied by the Department of Justice," CNN reported.

This comes after a memo regarding the Epstein case was leaked to reporters, where it stated that the DOJ's "systematic review revealed no incriminating ‘client list.,'" and that "there was also no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions. We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties.”

Footage of the area around Epstein's jail cell was also cited in the memo as supporting evidence that he committed suicide. The memo added, "The conclusion that Epstein died by suicide is further supported by video footage from the common area of the Special Housing Unit (SHU) where Epstein was housed at the time of his death."

"As DOJ’s Inspector General explained in 2023, anyone entering or attempting to enter the tier where Epstein’s cell was located from the SHU common area would have been captured by this footage."

Earlier in the year, Bondi had stated that she had the Epstein list "on her desk" during a Fox News interview and later gave binders of documents already publicly available to many different political influencers at the White House. It was later learned by the public that the binders did not have any more information regarding Epstein, leading to backlash over the issue.