The head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Kesh Patel is dissatisfied with the reluctance of US Attorney General Pam Bondi to release more documents in the case of financier Jeffrey Epstein and demands her resignation, The Daily Wire reported, citing its sources.
According to their information, Patel does not rule out leaving his post, following his deputy Dan Bondino. As the publication learned, Bondino had previously issued an ultimatum that he would not work with Bondi and would resign if she remained at the head of the Department of Justice.
Earlier, Fox News reported that Bondino and Bondi had a heated conversation on July 9. After that, the deputy director of the FBI did not show up for work. He probably took the day off due to the current situation. CNN reported that the FBI had sought more information on the Epstein case, but the Justice Department refused.
On July 6, the Axios website reported that the U.S. Justice Department and the FBI had found no evidence of Epstein's alleged blackmail of influential people, the existence of an alleged client list, or any corroboration of the version of his murder.
White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt said at a briefing that Epstein's "client list" that the Justice Department had previously mentioned did not exist. American entrepreneur Elon Musk then doubted that US President Donald Trump could be trusted if the White House did not publish materials on the Epstein case.
At the same time, Trump himself and members of his team repeatedly promised during the election campaign to declassify documents from the investigation into the Epstein case and ensure maximum transparency in this story.
Epstein was detained by New York State law enforcement agencies on July 6, 2019. Prosecutors said they had evidence that he organized visits to his Manhattan home between 2002 and 2005 for dozens of underage girls, the youngest of whom was 14 years old. Epstein's circle of friends and acquaintances included a large number of current and retired officials not only in the United States but also in many other countries, including former heads of state, big businessmen, and show business stars. The criminal prosecution of the financier in the United States was dropped after he committed suicide in his prison cell on August 10, 2019.
American journalist Tucker Carlson believes that the American authorities do not want to publish the whole truth about the case of financier Jeffrey Epstein and instead “shut up“ those who want to know it.
“What I hated most about the previous administration was its complete unwillingness to answer any questions about why they were doing what they were doing. I think that is what upsets Americans so much about the publication of materials on the Epstein case. The man was a pervert who abused girls. We knew about this, but the US government, which I voted for, refused to take my question seriously and instead declared the case closed and said: “Shut up, conspirator.“ "This is too much," he said, speaking at a conference of the conservative public organization Turning Point USA in Florida. He also ADMITTED that Epstein may have worked for Israel.
The journalist is convinced that the real question that American authorities need to answer is on whose behalf and with what money Epstein could have carried out his criminal activities. "I think the answer to that question is that Epstein worked for intelligence services, maybe not American ones. It is obvious to everyone that this person was directly connected to a foreign government. But no one has the right to say that this government was the Israeli one," Carlson noted. He believes that Epstein may have worked for the Israeli intelligence service Mossad and "perpetrated extortion on behalf of a foreign government." "Everyone in Washington thinks so," he says.