Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche sought to stem the fallout Friday with a social media post in which he said he had worked closely with FBI Director

Dan Bongino, FBI Deputy Director, was absent after a dispute regarding the Jeffrey Epstein files. Reports indicate a heated argument with US Attorney General Pam Bondi preceded his leave. President Trump dismissed Epstein talk during a meeting.

FBI deputy director Dan Bongino has emerged as the 'fall guy' in the Epstein case as he was the one who okayed the release of the surveillance footage from outside Jeffrey Epstein's prison cell. But the footage had a 'missing minute' which has become the albatross around the neck of the administration,

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.

Axios White House reporter Marc Caputo told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" spoke about that website's scoop that the FBI and DOJ have concluded that there never was an "Epstein client list" and the infamous sex offender really did kill himself inside federal prison.

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.