Trump defends US Attorney General Pam Bondi over Epstein files

US President Donald Trump has defended Pam Bondi, America's highest-ranking prosecutor, amid increasing calls from the president's supporters for her to resign.

In a lengthy societal media post, Trump deed retired astatine complaints from critics who person accused Bondi of withholding much accusation astir the decease of enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein and his alleged lawsuit list.

The mounting attacks from critics travel after a memo released by Bondi's Justice Department past week failed to present what galore had hoped would beryllium large revelations successful the Epstein case.

"Let Pam Bondi bash her job," Trump wrote successful each caps, encouraging his supporters to "not discarded clip and energy" connected Epstein.

US Attorney General Bondi's critics see far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, who was often seen with Trump connected the run trail, and billionaire Elon Musk, Trump's biggest run donor.

The memo sent retired connected Monday, jointly released with the FBI, said determination was "no incriminating lawsuit list" nor grounds to suggest Epstein had blackmailed high-profile figures suspected of being successful what conservatives telephone the "deep state".

The government's findings were made, according to the memo, aft reviewing much than 300 gigabytes of data.

The findings travel aggregate pledges from Bondi to uncover perchance damaging grounds related to Epstein, including "a batch of names" and "a batch of formation logs".

Many of Bondi's past claims related to the Epstein files, and the anticipation of hidden evidence, had been echoed by FBI Director Kash Patel and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino.

After the memo was released, frustrations from Bongino led to a contentious gathering betwixt him and Bondi successful the White House connected Wednesday, according to the BBC's media spouse CBS News.

The feud highlighted what immoderate person described arsenic a increasing part betwixt the FBI and the Justice Department implicit the Epstein case.

On Friday, Loomer claimed connected X that she was told Bongino was "seriously reasoning astir resigning".

Bongino did not amusement up to enactment connected Friday, according to CBS News sources.

Epstein's abrupt decease aged 66 successful a jailhouse compartment wrong New York's Metropolitan Correctional Center has been a beardown root of conspiracy theories for years.

The FBI and Justice Department's memo confirmed that Epstein died by suicide, which galore radical successful Trump's orbit had questioned.

Bondi suggested to Fox News successful February that Epstein's lawsuit database was "sitting connected my table close present to review".

However, she clarified those remarks successful the White House connected Tuesday, telling reporters that she was commenting connected the full Epstein "file" and different files.

The president's frustrations with the ongoing nationalist involvement successful Epstein were connected show past week successful the White House, erstwhile helium responded to a reporter's question with: "Are you inactive talking astir Jeffrey Epstein?"

Conservatives person agelong held the conspiracy mentation that high-ranking Democrats would beryllium implicated successful a afloat merchandise of the Epstein files. Now liberals are asking whether a reluctance to merchandise the files is to shield Trump.