Trump Defends Attorney General Pam Bondi Amid Epstein File Backlash

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Saturday to publicly defend Attorney General Pam Bondi, who has faced growing backlash from some MAGA supporters over her handling of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) management of the Jeffrey Epstein files. In a lengthy post, Trump accused critics of attempting to undermine his MAGA base by focusing on the Epstein matter, which he claimed was being used as a political weapon by the Democratic Party and their allies.

“What’s going on with my ‘boys’ and, in some cases, ‘gals?’ They’re all going after Attorney General Pam Bondi, who is doing a FANTASTIC JOB,” Trump wrote, calling on loyalists to rally behind Bondi. “We’re on one Team, MAGA, and I don’t like what’s happening.” He referred to Epstein as the “guy who never dies,” repeating the phrase as if to dismiss the ongoing scrutiny of his criminal history. “For years, it’s Epstein, over and over again,” he added, suggesting that the focus on the files was an endless loop of political drama.

Trump also questioned why critics were “giving publicity to Files written by Obama, Crooked Hillary, Comey, Brennan, and the Losers and Criminals of the Biden administration.” He argued that the Epstein files were a product of the previous administration’s failures and claimed the FBI should focus on more pressing issues, such as voter fraud, political corruption, and the supposed