Opinion: The ‘Epstein Files’ Fallout Proves Everyone In Trump’s Orbit Is Guilty as Sin

Daily Beast — Jun 11, 19:34 PM

I can’t believe I’m writing these words, but it now appears that the only Trump administration figure who acted with anything resembling a conscience in the matter of the “Epstein files” disclosure fiasco was https://www.thedailybeast.com/bonginos-raging-f-bomb-meltdown-at-bondi-is-leaked/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.thedailybeast.com/bonginos-raging-f-bomb-meltdown-at-bondi-is-leaked/">Dan Bongino.

According to the new book, Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency, by New York Times journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, it was Bongino—and Bongino alone—who repeatedly told the White House they were fumbling https://www.thedailybeast.com/dan-bongino-scrambles-to-explain-epstein-files-redaction-email/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.thedailybeast.com/dan-bongino-scrambles-to-explain-epstein-files-redaction-email/">the Epstein scandal with their continual obfuscations, half-measures, and broken promises.

At one point, Haberman and Swan write that he yelled at Chief of Staff Susie Wiles during one of the frequent White House meetings called to perform damage control on the Epstein story: “I https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/magazine/trump-epstein-files-white-house-vance-doj.html" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/magazine/trump-epstein-files-white-house-vance-doj.html">warned you guys about this the whole time, and you ignored me.

And exactly what I said was going to happen happened.

And now you’re pretending I was in on this.”