Trump defends Bondi amid backlash over Epstein files

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00:00Weeks since U.S. law enforcement and justice tried to put the Jeffrey Epstein issue to bed,

00:05saying they'd found nothing in the way of evidence to charge anyone else.

00:09But disbelief on both sides of the political spectrum has run rife ever since,

00:13with the U.S. Attorney General in the crosshairs, leaving the U.S. President to step in.

00:19They're all going after Attorney General Pam Bondi, who's doing a fantastic job.

00:24We're on one team, MAGA, and I don't like what's happening.

00:28Without evidence, Donald Trump blamed the left wing for fabricating Epstein documents

00:33and raised matters he'd rather focus on,

00:36just days after he'd already been forced to step in to defend his beleaguered Attorney General before the press.

00:43Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein?

00:46This guy's been talked about for years.

00:48You're asking, we have Texas, we have this, we have all of the things.

00:53And are people still talking about this guy, this creep?

00:56That is unbelievable.

01:00Do you want to waste the time and do you feel like answering?

01:03I don't mind answering.

01:04I was asked a question about the client list and my response was,

01:09it's sitting on my desk to be reviewed, meaning the file along with the JFK, MLK files as well.

01:19That's what I meant by that.

01:20That didn't prevent US media from rampant speculation over reports of feuding at the top levels of the FBI

01:27and persistent rumours that its deputy director, a former right-wing podcast host, was considering stepping down.

01:35Even right-wing personalities and firm backers of Donald Trump refused to be mollified.

01:40It's up to President Trump to step in.

01:42The MAGA base would like to see Trump fire Blondie.

01:45She is a massive liability to this otherwise great administration.

01:50Nearly six years after Epstein's death,

01:53it seems the fallout from the notorious sex offenders' actions continues to persist,

01:57no matter how much the White House would prefer to move on.

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