Reports: Dan Bongino ‘may’ resign from FBI over Epstein fallout

The fallout from the stunning reversal by some key GOP leaders about the Jeffrey Epstein case, highlighted by the DOJ statement that he did commit suicide and there’s likely no more information coming out about the convicted sex offender’s “business,” is far from over.

But one key Republican in the fight, deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino, reportedly has suggested he may walk over the issue.

Newsweek reported Bongino, a former Secret Service agent and talk-show host, is considering such a move because of the dispute between the FBI and the Department of Justice over the release of information about Epstein.

There apparently have been words between Attorney General Pam Bondi, whose agency issued the statement that no more details are coming, and Bongino.

The fight, politically, is over a supposed “client list,” of those high-profile personalities Epstein is known to have met. Epstein has been vilified since his 2019 death in a New York jail awaiting more sex charges for allegedly facilitating meetings between his “friends” and underage girls.

Longtime legal activist Alan Dershowitz was caught up in the dispute when he was falsely accused, and has confirmed there is a list of so-called clients. GOP officials long had promised to move to make those names public, until last week’s abrupt reversal.

Reports at CNN revealed that “Bongino did not come to work Friday” and that fueled “speculation he had quit over the issue. One source said as of Friday afternoon he had not left his position.”

“The whole thing has been a complete mess and no one is happy,” a source briefed on the matter told CNN.

A further Newsweek report said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche rebuked the idea there was any “daylight” between the DOJ and FBI on the issue.

“Blanche said that President Donald Trump’s DOJ, led by Attorney General Pam Bondi, worked closely with FBI director Kash Patel and his deputy, Dan Bongino, on the unsigned memo that concluded that the convicted sex offender had died by suicide in a New York jail in 2019 and did not have a ‘client list,’” claimed the report.

While authorities say there was no evidence of foul play in Epstein’s death, theories long have suggested he was killed to prevent a list of names from becoming public, and supporters cite factors including a malfunctioning security camera outside his cell, the absence of a cellmate and the failure of guards to check on him.

Media personality and influencer Laura Loomer said on social media, “@FBIDirectorKash and @dbongino are LIVID with @AGPamBondi over her DOJ Memo and the lack of transparency from her office regarding the Jeffery Epstein files. Source tells me Dan Bongino is taking the day off today from his job as Deputy Director of the FBI, and there’s now speculation on whether or not he will return to his job at the @FBI over his disgust with Blondi’s lack of transparency and handling of the Epstein files. Pam Blondi has brought total embarrassment to President Trump, @JDVance ,@dbongino and @Kash_Patel.”

She continued, “She has also LIED to the American people. I’m told Kash and Bongino are furious with Blondi and the blowback she has caused them with her lack of transparency. Kash Patel and Dan Bongino should call for Blondi’s public resignation today to save themselves and to also push for full transparency into the Epstein files. This is an issue the American people care deeply about. Someone needs to be fired for this. Giving Blondi courtesy to resign is more than she deserves. Trump should just FIRE her.”

Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., said he thinks those documents regarding Epstein all were destroyed by the Biden administration.