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[Rolling Stone] The DOJās Epstein Memo Is Tearing the Trump Administration Apart
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The butterfly effect of a disgraced financier and convicted sex offenderās death continues to be felt years later, as the highest levels of Donald Trumpās second administration are embroiled in a bitter feud over Jeffrey Epstein and his alleged āclient list.ā
āThis fight is taking up way too much of my fucking time,ā one senior administration official notes, referring to the bruised egos, clashes between senior-level personnel, frustrations from some of the presidentās base, and intra-governmental allegations of leaking to the media.
The Department of Justice announced in a memo on Sunday that Jeffrey Epstein had indeed killed himself, that his potentially explosive āclient listā doesnāt exist, and that the administration is effectively closing its case on the convicted sex offender, whose 2019 death in prison has been a lightning rod for conspiracy theorists ā especially those who supported Trump, never mind the presidentās own connections to Epstein.
Rolling Stone reported that the Trump administration was bracing for a MAGA revolt over its nothing to see here-style memo. MAGA revolted as expected, with scores of prominent right-wing influencers expressing outrage over the memo. Many are calling for Attorney General Pam Bondi to be fired, and some even seem to be souring on the president. āTrump has become the Deep State. What is more Deep State than covering up for pedophiles?ā someone asked former Trump adviser Steve Bannon at a MAGA event on Friday.
It isnāt just outside onlookers and online MAGA diehards who are miffed. Rolling Stone can confirm that FBI Director Kash Patel and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino have also been furious since the memoās release, and more broadly over Bondiās handling of the Epstein investigation, including the public rollout of federal conclusions.
Laura Loomer ā a far-right conspiracy theorist who is close with Trump and was also apoplectic over the memo ā posted to X on Friday that Patel and Bongino are āLIVIDā at Bondi, and that Bongino even took the day off from work on Friday. Axios corroborated soon after that Bongino ditched work on Friday after clashing with Bondi over these matters, with CNN adding that Bongino has talked to people about potentially resigning over the memo.
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