In February, US attorney-general Pam Bondi declared in an interview with Fox News that the late paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein’s client list was “sitting” on her desk. But the announcement, originally seen as fulfilling Donald Trump’s campaign promise to release files on Epstein’s death, has now come back to haunt Bondi — and the president.

The Wall Street Journal reported the text of Trump's letter to Epstein was inside a hand-drawn outline of a nude woman.

Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the federal prosecutor in the Sean “Diddy” Combs, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell cases and the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, according to reports.

From claiming Barack Obama was born in Kenya to accusing Ted Cruz’s dad of involvement in the JFK assassination, Donald Trump has always loved hyping conspiracy theories for political gain, and the Jeffrey Epstein case was no exception.

Prominent MAGA voices have called for the attorney general’s firing amid attack over the Epstein investigation.

The fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files flap is cascading, further roiling a Justice Department and FBI that have struggled for months to appease the demands of far-right conservative personalities and influential members of President Donald Trump’s base.