{"id":20760,"date":"2025-07-16T00:39:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T00:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=20760"},"modified":"2025-07-16T00:39:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T00:39:36","slug":"bongino-back-at-fbi-as-jd-vance-seeks-to-play-mediator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=20760","title":{"rendered":"Bongino Back At FBI As JD Vance Seeks To Play Mediator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino returned to his duties on Monday after a disagreement with Attorney General Pam Bondi regarding the management of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation led him to contemplate resigning the previous week, as reported by The Post.<\/p><div class=\"shiqm69f5eb384f39c\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      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Trump has suggested that a more measured approach should be taken.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle adsbygoogle-noablate\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9221018705729438\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" data-ad-status=\"unfilled\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_8_host\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"aswift_8\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advertisement\" 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name=\"aswift_8\" width=\"820\" height=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-google-container-id=\"a!9\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-query-id=\"CKqiv-KRwI4DFeWygwcd_1YYiQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>Prior to joining the Trump administration, Bongino had long suspected that there was more to the Epstein case than what authorities were disclosing.<\/p>\n<p>The former attorney for the deceased human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein \u201cunequivocally\u201d asserted that Trump is not present on the notorious list of clients that his former client possessed.<\/p>\n<p>David Schoen, who represented Epstein in the final weeks before his death in 2019, disclosed in June that he had inquired with his incarcerated client about any potential compromising information regarding Trump.<\/p>\n<p>These remarks resurfaced on Monday as a new development in the already tumultuous narrative of the Trump administration\u2019s management of Epstein\u2019s files, following a Justice Department memo leaked to Axios last week that concluded the disgraced financier committed suicide and did not keep a \u201cclient list\u201d to blackmail elites.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle adsbygoogle-noablate\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9221018705729438\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" data-ad-status=\"unfilled\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_9_host\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"aswift_9\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advertisement\" 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He had sought my counsel for several months leading up to that point. I can assert with authority, without ambiguity, and with certainty that he possessed no information that could potentially harm President Trump. I specifically inquired about this!\u201d Schoen stated in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters of MAGA are expressing their dissatisfaction with President Trump following his robust defense of Attorney General Pam Bondi, whose Department of Justice has recently denied the existence of a client list associated with Jeffrey Epstein, despite numerous assurances from Trump\u2019s allies to unveil the disgraced financier\u2019s secrets.<\/p>\n<p>Longtime conservatives and loyalists of Trump have taken to social media and expressed their frustration in person at a convention in Florida, asserting that the Epstein scandal \u201cwill not dissipate.\u201d The DOJ has concluded that Epstein\u2019s death was a suicide in 2019 and maintains that no list exists identifying the influential individuals allegedly involved in his network of sexual exploitation, as reported by Fox News.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle adsbygoogle-noablate\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9221018705729438\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" data-ad-status=\"unfilled\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_10_host\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"aswift_10\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advertisement\" src=\"https:\/\/googleads.g.doubleclick.net\/pagead\/ads?gdpr=0&amp;client=ca-pub-9221018705729438&amp;output=html&amp;h=280&amp;adk=506287746&amp;adf=2318608062&amp;w=820&amp;abgtt=6&amp;fwrn=4&amp;fwrnh=100&amp;lmt=1752625222&amp;num_ads=1&amp;rafmt=1&amp;armr=3&amp;sem=mc&amp;pwprc=4646703388&amp;ad_type=text_image&amp;format=820x280&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcelebys.com%2Fbongino-back-at-fbi-as-jd-vance-seeks-to-play-mediator%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwY2xjawLj081leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBTTWJKQU9ob3d2WUd4QkwzAR7rU4HS5x2r07RdyAH0HrjgJ5hJx7CBDmYah-5t3QmiBtyV8jPF_8la6bfB_A_aem_k8y4GPBvyO_EMgkOmuQCHg&amp;fwr=0&amp;pra=3&amp;rh=200&amp;rw=820&amp;rpe=1&amp;resp_fmts=3&amp;wgl=1&amp;fa=27&amp;uach=WyJXaW5kb3dzIiwiMTkuMC4wIiwieDg2IiwiIiwiMTM4LjAuNzIwNC4xMDEiLG51bGwsMCxudWxsLCI2NCIsW1siTm90KUE7QnJhbmQiLCI4LjAuMC4wIl0sWyJDaHJvbWl1bSIsIjEzOC4wLjcyMDQuMTAxIl0sWyJHb29nbGUgQ2hyb21lIiwiMTM4LjAuNzIwNC4xMDEiXV0sMF0.&amp;dt=1752626304392&amp;bpp=1&amp;bdt=537&amp;idt=1&amp;shv=r20250714&amp;mjsv=m202507100101&amp;ptt=9&amp;saldr=aa&amp;abxe=1&amp;cookie=ID%3Dd947d8fbfc28d69c%3AT%3D1750381118%3ART%3D1752626304%3AS%3DALNI_MYpp_F5nfgaz8T3bTgkMX8_naz5gQ&amp;gpic=UID%3D000010e23745ceff%3AT%3D1750381118%3ART%3D1752626304%3AS%3DALNI_MaQeY0v2J68n3tcj4RhW6uSZD23oQ&amp;eo_id_str=ID%3D77c24d4442b18b6c%3AT%3D1750381118%3ART%3D1752626304%3AS%3DAA-AfjZkNbCeVr3gRc3H7b0swlzK&amp;prev_fmts=0x0%2C1200x280%2C820x280%2C820x280%2C820x280%2C820x280%2C820x280%2C820x280%2C820x280%2C820x280&amp;nras=5&amp;correlator=1954874937964&amp;frm=20&amp;pv=1&amp;u_tz=120&amp;u_his=1&amp;u_h=1080&amp;u_w=1920&amp;u_ah=1032&amp;u_aw=1920&amp;u_cd=24&amp;u_sd=1.1&amp;dmc=8&amp;adx=456&amp;ady=3816&amp;biw=1732&amp;bih=859&amp;scr_x=0&amp;scr_y=0&amp;eid=95331833%2C95353387%2C95362655%2C95363184%2C95365880%2C95366349%2C31093447%2C95359265%2C95366363&amp;oid=2&amp;pvsid=6384521465896762&amp;tmod=198592721&amp;uas=0&amp;nvt=1&amp;ref=https%3A%2F%2Fl.facebook.com%2F&amp;fc=1408&amp;brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C1920%2C0%2C1920%2C1032%2C1745%2C859&amp;vis=1&amp;rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&amp;abl=NS&amp;cms=2&amp;fu=128&amp;bc=31&amp;bz=1.1&amp;td=1&amp;tdf=2&amp;psd=W251bGwsW251bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLCJkZXByZWNhdGVkX2thbm9uIl0sbnVsbCwzXQ..&amp;nt=1&amp;pgls=CAEaBTYuOC4y~CAA.~CAA.&amp;ifi=11&amp;uci=a!b&amp;btvi=9&amp;fsb=1&amp;dtd=205\" name=\"aswift_10\" width=\"820\" height=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-google-container-id=\"a!b\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-query-id=\"COa3weKRwI4DFVmPgwcdOn47nA\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>\u201c.@realDonaldTrump please recognize that the EPSTEIN AFFAIR is not going to disappear,\u201d retired Lt. 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Mike Flynn, who served as Trump\u2019s national security advisor during his first term, posted on X on Saturday. \u201cIf the administration fails to address the multitude of unresolved questions surrounding Epstein, particularly the ABUSE OF CHILDREN BY ELITES (it is abundantly clear that abuse took place), then progressing on many other significant challenges our nation faces will become considerably more difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a joint memorandum acquired by Fox News last week, the DOJ and FBI indicated that they had no further information to disclose regarding Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s case or his death.<\/p>\n<p>This announcement triggered internal discord, with FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino reportedly having a confrontation with Attorney General Pam Bondi over what he characterized as a \u201clack of transparency,\u201d even threatening to resign, according to Fox News.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle adsbygoogle-noablate\" 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