The White House slammed “baseless” reports Friday that FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino are weighing resignation if Attorney General Pam Bondi keeps her job as the fallout grows from a memo that determined Jeffrey Epstein was not murdered and did not have a client list or blackmail powerful people.

Bongino has told people he is thinking about stepping down amid a major clash between the FBI and the Department of Justice over the memo, CNN reported Friday, citing sources familiar with the matter.

The Daily Wire, citing a source close to Bongino, also reported Friday that Bongino is threatening to leave the bureau if Bondi remains on the job. A source close to the DOJ told The Daily Wire that Patel also wanted Bondi gone and that he would consider leaving if Bongino departed.

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