White House chief of staff Susie Wiles: AG Pam Bondi ‘completely whiffed’ on Epstein files, JD Vance has been ‘conspiracy theorist for a decade’
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles slammed Attorney General Pam Bondi for her first reaction to calls for the release of Jeffrey Epstein‑related documents, calling her mishandling a “complete whiff” and saying she missed the intended audience.
On February 27, the administration supplied conservative influencers—who had recently been invited to the White House—with binders titled “The Epstein Files: Phase 1.” The folders, displayed before reporters, contained nothing more than snippets from the infamous pedophile’s phone book, a list of names with no context and addresses stripped out.
In an interview published by Vanity Fair that same Tuesday, Wiles told author Chris Whipple that Bondi “completely whiffed on appreciating that that was the very targeted group that cared about this.” She added that the attorney general had first handed out empty binders, then claimed a so‑called client list was on her desk, when none existed.
Bondi made the claim during a February 21 Fox News interview, saying a supposed list of Epstein’s “clients” was on her desk for review.
According to Wiles, the only people who truly understood the gravity of the situation were FBI Director Kash Patel and his deputy, Dan Bongino—whom she described as having lived in that mindset. She also mentioned Vice‑President J.D. Vance, a long‑time conspiracy theorist, noting that Patel had repeatedly urged the release of the files based on what he thought they contained, which turned out to be inaccurate.
A few months later, on July 6, the FBI and DOJ issued a joint memo concluding that Epstein had not maintained a roster of affluent and powerful individuals who abused children as young as 14—contrary to rampant speculation.
Shortly afterward, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche visited Florida to meet Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s co‑conspirator, who is serving a 20‑year sentence for sex‑trafficking conspiracy and related crimes.
Wiles reported to Vanity Fair that the meeting with Maxwell was prompted by Blanche, and she claimed neither she nor President Trump was consulted about Maxwell’s subsequent transfer to a medium‑security Texas prison.
“The president was ticked,” she said, noting that he was “mighty unhappy,” and that he did not know why Maxwell was moved.
Wiles delivered these pointed remarks to Whipple amid a series of 11 interviews during Trump’s first year of his second term. Whipple is known for his 2017 book The Gatekeepers on White House chiefs of staff, a 2021 biography of former President Joe Biden titled The Fight of His Life, and his recent 2024‑campaign book Uncharted.
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