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The Justice Department and FBI have officially stated that no “client list” of powerful men connected to Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking exists, publicly contradicting earlier claims by Attorney General Pam Bondi and walking back election campaign promises made by Donald Trump that he would release such information.

The Justice Department's memo on Jeffrey Epstein is causing a bitter rift among some of the most prominent figures in Donald Trump's administration.

An attorney who worked in the White House during President Donald Trump's first term said Attorney General Pam Bondi's job is safe for now. The post Former Trump White House Lawyer Says Pam Bondi Isn’t Going Anywhere Amid Power Struggle: ‘It’ll Be a Huge Embarrassment’ for Trump first appeared on Mediaite.

The Justice Department acknowledged Monday that Jeffrey Epstein did not maintain a “client list,” and no more files related to the wealthy financier’s sex trafficking investigation would be made public.

Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb on Friday explained why President Donald Trump is likely to side with Attorney General Pam Bondi over FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, telling CNN’s Erin Burnett it would be “a huge embarrassment” for Trump to fire his attorney general.

Right-wing commentator and Donald Trump's aide Laura Loomer Friday claimed that there is a tussle between the FBI and the DOJ over the handling of the Epstein files. Though FBI and DOJ jointly issued the memo announcing that the case of the convicted sex offender who committed suicide in jail in 2019 is officially closed,

A right-wing influencer who has the ear of president Donald Trump claims to have inside information about alleged turmoil at the FBI's highest levels. MAGA activist Laura Loomer, who traveled with the president during his 2024 campaign and has met with him at the White House,

Attorney General Pam Bondi appears to be on increasingly thin ice — and not just with President Donald Trump's MAGA base. Semafor reported Tuesday that several unnamed officials within the Trump White House are now voicing their displeasure with how Bondi handled the recent uproar over the DOJ's handling of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's

Loomer has long been a controversial figure in the MAGA world, but has gained power in recent months as she has Trump’s ear.