Trump defends Attorney General Pam Bondi amid Epstein files backlash as FBI Director Patel squashes resignation rumors, calling conspiracy theories about discord untrue.

FBI Director Kash Patel publicly denied resignation rumors Saturday, stating he plans to remain in his position despite ongoing tensions with Attorney General Pam Bondi over the handling of Jeffrey Epstein investigation files.

FBI Director Kash Patel is making bureau staff take polygraph tests to root out anyone who’s been talking trash about him, according to a report. Patel has ramped up the FBI’s use of the lie-detector tests—often deemed too unreliable to use as evidence in criminal courts—in order to keep tabs on his own people and stamp out leaks.

After a tense Friday marked by an unprecedented clash between the FBI and the DOJ over the mishandling of the Epstein case, the White House said repor.

Bongino, the deputy director of the FBI, “is out of control furious,” one source told NBC News. Another said he did not report to work on Friday.

I’ve wasted so much time here. I should have remembered: The people who really know what the government is doing are the ones who don’t work anywhere near it. If I can see a single classified file, I am still TOO CLOSE! That is how they GET YOU!

Since taking over as FBI director, Kash Patel has dramatically increased the use of polygraph tests inside the bureau, not just to vet security risks,.

Aggressive loyalty tests, internal purges, and politicized leadership are transforming the FBI under Trump’s new appointees, insiders warn.

Some senior officials who took the test were asked whether they said anything negative about Director Kash Patel, in a highly unusual use of the tool.