Dan Bongino, Kash Patel Flipped Epstein Views As soon as in Energy, Marc Caputo Says

Dan Bongino and Kash Patel fully flipped their public views on the Jeffrey Epstein information as soon as they obtained into energy … and now it is obtained them embroiled in some White Home turmoil.

Marc Caputo, a White Home reporter for Axios, joined us on “TMZ Live” Friday and took us contained in the divide in D.C.

He says Dan and Kash had been on board with the DOJ memo that got here out saying Epstein did not hold a shopper listing of potential blackmail targets and wasn’t murdered in jail whereas awaiting trial … regardless of the 2 stating opposing views on podcasts earlier than Trump‘s election. Bongino and Patel had been each prolific podcasters earlier than their appointments.

Patel is FBI director and Bongino is the bureau’s deputy director … and Marc says Bongino obtained into it with Lawyer Normal Pam Bondi over some surveillance footage of the jail cell the place Epstein died.

Marc says Bongino discovered the 10-hour video and pushed it as proof Epstein wasn’t murdered, saying he vouched for it and reviewed it totally. The video exhibits nothing nefarious taking place … however an issue arose when web sleuths found there is a full minute lacking from the footage.

Conspiracy theorists are latching on to the lacking minute and ripping Bongino, and Marc says Bongino had a gathering with Bondi on the White Home that did not go so properly … and Bongino did not present as much as work Friday, nonetheless stewing over the Bondi assembly.

Marc says will probably be fascinating to see if Bongino returns to work going ahead … and he says the Epstein debacle exhibits governing is rather a lot tougher than spewing sizzling takes on podcasts.