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From: FBI News Briefing To: "FBINewsBriefing" Subject: [EXTERNAL EMAIL] - FBI Daily News Briefing - August 21, 2025 Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2025 10:10:11 +0000 Importance: Normal View in Browser Federal Bureau of Investigation Seal August 21, 2025 Federal Bureau of Investigation Daily News Briefing (In coordination with the Office of Public Affairs) Email Public Affairs to subscribe to the Daily News Briefing. Mobile version and archive available here. Table of Contents IN THE NEWS • AG Bondi Tightens Grip on Justice Department After Epstein Files Fallout EFTA00163583 EFTA00163584 AG Bondi Tightens Grip on Justice Department After Epstein Files Fallout CNN (08/20, Perez, Rabinowitz, Holmes) reported that AG Bondi has emerged from self-exile following right-wing blowback over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and is reasserting control over the Justice Department and her role as attorney general. According to the article, AG Bondi moved this week to install a new co-deputy FBI director alongside Deputy Director Bongino, who had a heated confrontation with the attorney general in July and threatened to resign over the Epstein debacle. The article stated that it's a signal, Trump administration officials say, that AG Bondi won the power struggle and Deputy Director Bongino is likely to exit. The article explained that after being a regular presence on Fox News from the White House lawn since taking office in February, AG Bondi went into a nearly monthlong media lockdown after the president's MAGA-loyalist base reacted in an uproar at the Justice Department's unsigned July 7 memo that affirmed Epstein died by suicide and reneged on Bondi's promises to release investigative files. In twin Fox appearances in recent days, AG Bondi evinced that, for now at least, the Epstein imbroglio was behind her. Interviewers Sean Hannity and Larry Kudlow didn't ask about the files. The article noted that House Republicans have subpoenaed the FBI's Epstein investigative files, and Democrats are vowing to continue to make it an issue for AG Bondi and other officials when they appear for hearings. EFTA00163585 EFTA00163586 EFTA00163587 EFTA00163588 EFTA00163589 EFTA00163590 EFTA00163591 EFTA00163592 EFTA00163593 EFTA00163594