During his remarks, Trump asked Bondi if she felt like answering the reporter's question. "I don't mind answering," the attorney general replied. When the president finished speaking, Bondi addressed the reporter and cited an interview she did with Fox News in February, which she said had "been getting a lot of attention."

White House officials are dismissing criticism from part of the MAGA base over the claim that there is nothing new regarding the Jeffrey Epstein case

Donald Trump scolded a reporter on Tuesday for asking a question about Jeffrey Epstein, amid a backlash by some MAGA-world figures dismayed over the administration’s dismissal of conspiracy theories surrounding the late convicted sex offender.