Trouble In Paradise: Dan Bongino Is Allegedly So Upset About How The Epstein Case Is Being Handled That He Is Threatening To Resign Unless Pam Bondi Is Fired
NBC News - Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino is considering leaving his job after a heated confrontation with Attorney General Pam Bondi over his frustration with how the Justice Department has handled the Jeffrey Epstein files, according to a person who has spoken with Bongino and a source familiar with the interactions that Bongino and FBI Director Kash Patel have had with Bondi.
“Bongino is out of control furious,” the person who has spoken with the deputy FBI director said. “This destroyed his career. He’s threatening to quit and torch Pam unless she’s fired.”
Bongino did not report to work Friday amid speculation about his whereabouts, said a source familiar with the perspectives of DOJ leaders who also believes that Bongino is considering leaving.
This came after a confrontation Wednesday at a meeting with Bondi and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles during which Bongino and Patel were asked about a news story suggesting they were dissatisfied with the decision not to release any additional Epstein files, according to the source familiar with the perspectives of DOJ leaders and an additional source familiar with the meeting. The meeting was first reported by Axios.
The meeting “got pretty heated,” another source who was briefed on the meeting said.
“Bondi, [Deputy Attorney General] Todd Blanche, Patel and Bongino were on the same page on this all along, until the criticism started to come in,” the source familiar with DOJ leaders’ perspectives said. “Bongino couldn’t take it.”
In case you juist came out of a coma, this week we finally got the news we've been waiting years for this past week. That Jeffrey Epstein guy? Yah, turns out he wasn't part of a worldwide cabal of evil pedophiles blackmailing each other to gain leverage and extort the rich and powerful. Nope. He was just some sadistic creep who acted alone.
So back it up. Back up the truck!
The Justice Department says there’s no Epstein client list, no conspiracies, no cover-ups. Just a sad little billionaire who definitely killed himself in a maximum-security cell while under 24/7 suicide watch. Case closed.
Initially, I had a zillion and one questions about the whole thing, which I blogged and crashed the site with -
starting with the preposterous surveillance cam footage the FBI tried to release to us as "proof" nothing fishy happened. If you could just ignore that weird little thing where the surveillance footage from his last night alive is missing a minute before midnight, that’d be swell. You know, just a routine “technical issue.” Like when your iPhone crashes but only deletes the photos of your girlfriend’s birthday and your bank account password.
Here’s the beauty of this whole circus: the Attorney General, Pam Bondi, (yes Pam Bondi, of Florida scandal fame), steps up to the microphone with the confidence of someone announcing the office Secret Santa rules and says, “There was no client list. Epstein acted alone. He’s dead. Let’s all move on.”
Because I honestly think they expected the American public to be our usual apathetic selves, shrug our shoulders, and move on.
But as we've all seen. That wasn't the case.

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Both sides of the aisle are pissed. And we're sick of being fucking pissed on and told it's raining by the people in Washington. And them so blatantly insulting our intelligence.
Apparently, Dan Bongino and Kash Patel are included.
We are truly the most gaslit civilization in human history. The Romans watched Nero fiddle as Rome burned. We’re watching Netflix docuseries where the producers openly say “We can’t show you the client list because the government says it doesn’t exist,” as the actual government edits prison tapes like they’re making a TikTok reel.
Let’s dive into this gem shall we?
First, the DOJ releases the “raw” surveillance footage from Epstein’s cell.
Then, forensic techs dig in and discover it’s been professionally edited. As in, somebody sat at a desk, opened Adobe Premiere Pro, and clipped together at least two separate videos, then saved it multiple times before exporting.
Oh, and there’s a full minute missing right before midnight.
A MINUTE.
This isn’t some grainy corner-store holdup tape from 1997 where the VCR eats the film. This is a federal prison’s suicide watch camera. You’re telling me they had time to splice clips together but not explain why?
That’s like if the Zapruder film cut from JFK waving to Jackie to, boom, Lyndon B. Johnson raising his right hand, no explanation.
But hey, don’t be a conspiracy theorist! Just trust the people telling you everything’s fine.
According to the DOJ, a “routine technical issue” caused the one-minute gap just before midnight. You know, the minute when an ex-intelligence asset with dirt on global elites conveniently died in federal custody. Nbd.
Except that independent forensic analysis shows the “raw” footage wasn’t raw at all. It had been run through Adobe Premiere Pro, the video editing software your cousin uses to cut his wedding highlight reel, and stitched together from at least two clips.
Saved. Exported. Polished up for release.
But don’t worry, they assure us. There is no evidence of tampering.
I’m not wearing a tinfoil hat here. I’m just saying if you’re trying to rebuild public trust, maybe don’t handle the country’s most suspicious prison death with the post-production workflow of a YouTube prank channel.
Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino, the same guy who built a podcast empire yelling about Deep State cover-ups, is reportedly threatening to quit unless Trump cans Bondi over the Epstein debacle. Even FBI Director Kash Patel is supposedly considering stepping down if Bongino walks. It’s a clown show, except with real nukes in the background.
This isn’t just infighting, it’s a movement cannibalizing itself. The entire MAGA machine was built on the promise of “draining the swamp,” and now they’re tripping over their own hoses while the swamp water rises over their heads.
And honestly? It's great to see.
The base that’s been promised "bombshells", secret takedowns, and “full and complete transparency” for years is now watching the administration tell them, “Actually, the most infamous sex trafficking ring on earth ended in a sad little jail cell suicide, and the guy who pimped out half of Wall Street and DC kept no receipts. Sorry guys!”
(SIDEBAR- this woman did an awesome job breaking down just how ridiculous this entire storyline is.)
Here’s the uncomfortable truth: no one wants to say out loud that Epstein wasn’t a left or right scandal. It was a rich and powerful scandal. It was global, it was bipartisan, and it was engineered to make sure regular people like us never saw what was behind the curtain.
So yes, watching the MAGA faithful wake up to the fact that their side isn’t immune, that the whole game is rigged no matter what flag you’re waving, is weirdly satisfying. Not because they’re wrong to be angry, they’re completely justified to be angry, but because they’re finally realizing they were sold a Disney version of a horror show.
I hate to admit defeat, but the Epstein client list isn’t coming. The “smoking gun” isn’t coming. And no, the video they fed the public wasn’t just conveniently edited for vibes, it was altered because someone, somewhere, wanted control over what we see and what we don’t.

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If you want to keep trusting politicians, any politicians, to break this open, you’re not a patriot. You’re a sucker.
At this point, the only “red pill” worth swallowing is this- we are all being played. All the fucking time. By people who don’t care if we’re left, right, or somewhere in the middle. As long as we’re distracted and divided.
In a better timeline, Epstein’s death would be the JFK assassination of this generation. It would unite right and left, rich and poor, in a collective scream of, “What the fuck is going on?!”
Instead, it’s become just another brick in the wall. Another headline we scroll past on the way to debating if Tom Brady is dating Sofia Vergara, or if the new Bachelor guy is hotter than the last one.
And maybe that’s the real trick?
Keep us distracted. Keep us divided. Let us bicker about Taylor Swift’s concert outfits while the people who matter, the ones on that client list they swear never existed, sail off into the sunset on some billionaire’s yacht.
Bend the knee. All hail the masters of the game.
p.s. - you can only laugh