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Tucker Carlson says Attorney General Pam Bondi just wrecked FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino\u2019s career, and it all goes back to Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n
Carlson didn\u2019t hold back during an appearance on the Culture Apothecary podcast, blaming the fallout over Bondi\u2019s handling of the Epstein case for what he called the total collapse of Bongino\u2019s podcasting career.<\/p>\n
According to Carlson, Bongino was \u201cmaking tons of money\u201d and \u201chaving a great time\u201d in Florida until President Trump asked him to take a leadership role at the FBI. Bongino agreed, took a pay cut, moved his family to DC, and stepped away from his media platform because, as Carlson put it, he loves Trump and loves his country.<\/p>\n
Then the Epstein scandal hit.<\/p>\n
The DOJ released a memo saying Epstein died by suicide and that there was no \u201cclient list.\u201d That contradicted what Bondi suggested in a February Fox News interview, where she said she had the Epstein file sitting on her desk. MAGA supporters ran with that, believing she had the list, and when it didn\u2019t materialize, the blame fell on her.<\/p>\n
Carlson said the backlash ricocheted straight onto Bongino.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of a sudden everybody thinks you\u2019re covering up Epstein\u2019s crimes. And it kind of wrecks Dan\u2019s career,\u201d Carlson said. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be very hard to go back to his podcast audience and be like, \u2018I\u2019m telling you the truth,\u2019 when they all think that he\u2019s covering up for Epstein. Who did that? Pam Bondi did that.\u201d<\/p>\n
The White House later clarified that Bondi had the entire Epstein file, not a specific client list, but the damage was done. Even before the DOJ memo dropped, Bongino had to admit on Fox News that the evidence pointed to suicide, not murder.<\/p>\n
Carlson said Bongino \u201cgot completely shafted.\u201d<\/p>\n