Tensions within the Trump administration have escalated after a reported heated exchange earlier in the week between Bongino and Bondi.

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.

Earlier this week, the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation announced that sexual predator and financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself while incarcerated in New York in 2019.

After a tense Friday marked by an unprecedented clash between the FBI and the DOJ over the mishandling of the Epstein case, the White House said reports of the alleged clash between FBI deputy director Dan Bongino and Attorney General Pam Bondi are baseless.

Attorney Spencer Kuvin, who represents one of Epstein’s victims, shared: "We certainly knew that Mr. Trump was a close friend of Mr. Epstein during those exact years that Mr. Epstein was molesting these young girls. "These are two gentlemen that definitely ran in the same circles."

The drama surrounding the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files is still boiling over among loyalists of President Donald Trump.  Deputy director of the FBI Dan Bongino is considering leaving his job after a confrontation with Attorney General Pam Bondi over his frustration over how the Justice Department has handled the situation,

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt attempted to explain why Attorney General Pam Bondi talked earlier this year of a Jeffrey Epstein client list but now a Justice Department memo says there is none.

In a long social media post, President Trump said that Attorney General Pam Bondi was doing a “FANTASTIC JOB,” and told his followers to “not waste Time and Energy” on the Jeffrey Epstein case.