From Pam Bondi and Kash Patel to the president himself, several Trump officials are now backtracking on earlier claims that a Jeffrey Epstein client list existed and would implicate numerous powerful figures.

After 50 years in the J. Edgar Hoover Building in downtown Washington, D.C., the FBI will move headquarters to the Ronald Reagan Building.

"Xu is accused of hacking U.S. universities and stealing critical COVID-19 research on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party," Patel posted to X. "The CCP’s relentless attacks on our institutions will not go unanswered.

FBI director Kash Patel’s 19-years-younger girlfriend Alexis Wilkins is in the news over the US administration’s denial of the very existence of Epstein files.

Despite the uproar from the right, however, President Donald Trump is standing by his top FBI officials. In a Truth Social post, Trump didn’t directly address the Epstein controversy but offered a broad show of support for both Patel and Bongino.

Newsweek Senior Editor-at-Large Josh Hammer says FBI director Kash Patel could “use somewhat of a win” after the backlash he copped from Trump’s base regarding the Epstein files. Former CIA director John Brennan and former FBI director James Comey are under criminal investigation for the potential wrongdoing related to the Russian collusion hoax.

FBI memo released during a Trump administration investigation refutes claims of a hidden client list and foul play in Epstein's death.

Accompanying Trump's post was a link to an article in The Federalist highlighting the plunge in crime statistics and outlining Patel's explanation for the drop.

President Trump praised FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino for going “back to the basics” in a Truth Social post, as the two men have come under fire from right-wing

Memphis is at a crossroads where the balance between safety and civil rights...as well as enforcement and reform remain extremely fragile.

For years, Patel and other Trump allies have deflected from these basic facts by focusing solely on what’s become known as the Steele dossier and how it was used by the FBI to obtain that surveillance warrant for Carter Page, a little-known foreign policy adviser for Trump’s 2016 campaign.

The Justice Department and the FBI said in a memo Monday no additional information on their Epstein probe would be released.