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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Seal August 21, 2025
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Daily News Briefing
(In coordination with the Office of Public Affairs)
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Table of Contents
IN THE NEWS
• AG Bondi Tightens Grip on Justice Department After Epstein Files Fallout
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AG Bondi Tightens Grip on Justice Department After Epstein Files Fallout
CNN (08/20, Perez, Rabinowitz, Holmes) reported that AG Bondi has emerged from self-exile following right-wing
blowback over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and is reasserting control over the Justice Department and
her role as attorney general. According to the article, AG Bondi moved this week to install a new co-deputy FBI
director alongside Deputy Director Bongino, who had a heated confrontation with the attorney general in July and
threatened to resign over the Epstein debacle. The article stated that it's a signal, Trump administration officials
say, that AG Bondi won the power struggle and Deputy Director Bongino is likely to exit. The article explained that
after being a regular presence on Fox News from the White House lawn since taking office in February, AG Bondi
went into a nearly monthlong media lockdown after the president's MAGA-loyalist base reacted in an uproar at the
Justice Department's unsigned July 7 memo that affirmed Epstein died by suicide and reneged on Bondi's promises
to release investigative files. In twin Fox appearances in recent days, AG Bondi evinced that, for now at least, the
Epstein imbroglio was behind her. Interviewers Sean Hannity and Larry Kudlow didn't ask about the files. The
article noted that House Republicans have subpoenaed the FBI's Epstein investigative files, and Democrats are
vowing to continue to make it an issue for AG Bondi and other officials when they appear for hearings.
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