Why Dan Bongino Stormed Out Of The Situation Room Over The Epstein Files
Jeffrey Epstein,Donald Trump,Trump Administration,Susie Wiles,JD Vance,Pam Bondi,Kash Patel,Dan Bongino
As President Donald Trump's White House game-planned how to message the Jeffrey Epstein files during the summer of 2025, Dan Bongino was growing increasingly frustrated and angry.
He understood the vast interest in Jeffrey Epstein online, and he had repeatedly sounded the alarm to Trump's team that the outcry over the DOJ's bungling of the Epstein files was gaining momentum, as Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman reported for their book "Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump."
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