Several of President Trump’s top officials went to work Monday with a key question unanswered: Would Dan Bongino show up for work today?

Over the weekend, President Donald Trump urged supporters to “drop” Epstein conspiracy theories and defended Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of the case in a lengthy Truth Social post. The missive was met with an online torrent of critical replies — an unusual “ratio” for the platform’s most followed user — and even prompted reports of internal friction that saw FBI deputy director Dan Bongino threaten resignation,

The world's richest man challenged the president's attempt to bury the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, framing the issue as a moral crisis that transcends politics.

Donald Trump very rarely loses control of his own story. But the Jeffrey Epstein saga is beyond his powers to quell.