Epstein Secrets

s For 'Poorly Thought-Out Hit Piece' Fox News (07/05, Compton) and The Daily Beast (07/05, Patterson) reported that in a post on X, Deputy Director Bongino pushed back against criticism from the New York Times, calling the outlet's latest editorial a "poorly thought-out hit piece." He defended recent ch

Floris and Tonya Ugoretz—were later forced out or placed on leave. The emails also show that the FBI's Office of Congressional Affairs is now led by Marshall Yates, a former Republican aide with ties to Trump's election denial movement. CIA Director Ratcliffe released a separate agency review criticizing the p

enses to Chinese sympathizers in the U.S. who would cast a vote for Biden in the 2020 election. Newsweek quoted an X statement from Deputy Director Bongino: "We typically work behind the scenes in this space, but we understand we need to rebuild your trust in the FBI and learn from past mistakes. That's

initial report, yet the FBI maintained its position not to republish the report because it would contradict Wray's testimony. Assistant FBI Director Marshall Yates wrote in a letter to Grassley that one reason for not releasing the report was that "the reporting will contradict Director Wray's testimony," and

no Slams Report That Director Patel Waived His Polygraph Exam EFTA01655530 The Washington Examiner (11/15, LaChance) reported that Deputy Director Bongino rejected a ProPublica (11/14, Turton, Bing) report claiming Director Patel had waived his required FBI polygraph examination, calling the allegatio

tical-appointee status would not exempt him. ProPublica also reported that Director Patel granted similar waivers to two other senior FBI employees, Marshall Yates and Nicole Rucker, and noted prior scrutiny when Director Patel declined to answer Senate questions about alleged "disqualifying alerts" in polygra