4:30This image released by the New York State Sex Offender Registry displays Jeffrey Epstein, March 28, 2017.New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP
President Donald Trump’s MAGA faithful have exploded in anger after the Justice Department and FBI declared in a memo that investigators uncovered no proof the late financier Jeffrey Epstein ever maintained a “client list,” causing many of the president’s staunchest allies to denounce administration brass.
Several of Trump’s most devoted backers spent the last twenty-four hours hammering FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino—once favorites in MAGA circles—over the Epstein summary. Yet the sharpest ire lands on Attorney General Pam Bondi, with numerous pro-Trump commentators excoriating her shifting statements on the Epstein material and a growing chorus demanding she step aside.
This image released by the New York State Sex Offender Registry displays Jeffrey Epstein, March 28, 2017.New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP
Bondi had earlier pledged to unseal thousands of pages tied to federal inquires into Epstein, though subsequent interviews cite “tens of thousands” of videos—possibly containing child-exploitative imagery—in the FBI’s archives as the reason for holdups.
In a February appearance on Fox News, Bondi hinted that an Epstein “client roster” rested on her desk—yet the list remains unpublished, and several sources told ABC News no such tally was ever located.
Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a briefing with President Donald Trump in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House, June 27, 2025, in Washington.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
Confronted about Bondi’s remarks concerning the roster, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt asserted that Bondi wasn’t describing any such “client list.”
“She had been referencing the entire stack of documentation, the complete paper trail concerning Jeffrey Epstein’s offenses. That is what the attorney general meant,” Leavitt told reporters Monday.
By Tuesday, Bondi clarified she was alluding to a dossier on Epstein.
“During a February interview on Fox, it has been circulating because I was asked about the client list, and I responded that it’s sitting on my desk for review—meaning the entire case file, together with JFK and MLK materials. That’s what my statement was directed at,” Bondi explained during a Cabinet session.
When reporters first raised the issue to Bondi, Trump broke in, shutting the query down.
“Are we still on Jeffrey Epstein? This creep has been discussed for ages. You want to keep talking about him? We have Texas, we have everything else. And people are still on this guy? Incredible. Do you want to waste the time? Do you even want her to answer?” Trump interjected.
Bondi replied she had no objection to responding.
In late February, Bondi passed out binders labelled Epstein case papers to pro-Trump online personalities inside the White House—documents that, as ABC News noted then, revealed scant new facts. The gesture blindsided several West Wing staffers and rankled parts of the president’s base, who had been assured deeper disclosures were imminent.
In this Feb. 27, 2025, file photo, political commentator Rogan O’Handley, also known as DC Draino, TikTok creator Chaya Raichik, conservative activist Scott Presler, pundit Liz Wheeler and conservative host Chad Prather clutch Justice Department-sealed binders reading “The Epstein Files: Phase 1” as they exit the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C.Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images, FILE
Now, Trump loyalists are venting irritation toward Bondi—and alleging the Trump administration is orchestrating a cover-up.
Far-right firebrand Laura Loomer has urged Bondi to step down. Former Trump strategist Steve Bannon devoted significant airtime on his influential “War Room” broadcast Monday, challenging whether the administration has delivered the transparency it vowed. Conspiracy broadcaster Alex Jones has accused the Trump team of aiding an “obfuscation,” at one point posting a tear-streaked car video denouncing it.
Loomer is hardly alone in MAGA circles in demanding Bondi leave office. Pro-Trump influencers the Hodgetwins likewise urged Trump to terminate Bondi—joined by conservative commentator Liz Wheeler. Pizzagate promoter Mike Cernovich wrote, “Nobody is buying the Epstein cover-up, @realDonaldTrump. This will be part of your legacy. You can still reverse course!”
Michael Flynn, a former national-security adviser pardoned by Trump, labeled the administration memo “a fresh and stark illustration of the double standard that seems to rule the United States” in a Monday social-media post, concluding, “It has got to change—and fast.”
The outcry from MAGA influencers who feel let down by the Justice Department statement represents the most pronounced wave of dissent the Trump administration has endured from its own die-hard base in this second term.
For years, the Epstein files have fueled rampant speculation and conspiracy chatter asserting the government is concealing records and a rumored “client list” to shield influential executives and politicians.
Today, a Trump administration staffed in part by onetime MAGA crusaders like Patel—who once hyped claims of a cover-up—is left contending that such evidence simply isn’t there.
Sourse: abcnews.go.com
