The hits just keep coming from Pam Bondi today… It’s almost as if someone dared her to destroy her career in 24 hours or less! After everything we’ve already covered today (the missing 60 seconds of surveillance footage, the claim that no Epstein List ever existed, the conclusion that he definitely killed himself, the claim that no Epstein files will ever be released) Pam Bondi just stacked one more “L” onto the list. She was asked in this morning’s Cabinet Meeting if Jeffrey Epstein was a member of the intelligence community and she said she didn’t know but she’d have to “get back to you” on that. Well, she just got back: BREAKING: No credible evidence suggesting that Jeffrey Epstein was an intelligence agent, per Attorney General Pam Bondi. — Leading Report (@LeadingReport) July 8, 2025 The only problem with that Pam, is that Alex Acosta completely disagrees with you. In 2019 he said quite clearly Epstein was intelligence and to leave him alone: When Pam Bondi lies about Epstein being an intelligence asset, call it out. pic.twitter.com/Jy2sPSq8gT — Chief Trumpster (@ChiefTrumpster) July 8, 2025 Who is Alex Acosta? He was the guy prosecuting Jeffrey Epstein back then and about to send him away for a long time: Who is Alex Acosta?Alex Acosta is an American attorney who served as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and later as Secretary of Labor under President Donald Trump. His role in the Epstein case:As U.S. Attorney, Acosta was involved in overseeing a 2007–2008 plea agreement with Jeffrey Epstein that resulted in state-level charges and a custodial sentence. Intelligence-related comments:In discussions about the case, Acosta reportedly stated he was told Epstein “belonged to intelligence” and that certain aspects of the situation were outside his jurisdiction. Respecting legal boundaries:When later asked for more details, Acosta declined to elaborate, citing Justice Department policies that limit discussion of internal or classified matters. Fox News confirmed Acosta’s quote back in 2019: Former Palm Beach County State Attorney Barry Krischer unloaded on Alexander Acosta on Wednesday, saying Trump’s labor secretary was peddling a “completely wrong” account of how Jeffrey Epstein escaped federal criminal penalties in 2008 in a cynical bid to “rewrite history.” In an extraordinary statement, Krischer pointed out that the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Florida overseen by Acosta had drafted a “53-page indictment” against Epstein, suggesting the case against the politically connected financier was highly developed before it was abruptly and conspicuously aborted. Krischer’s remarks came hours after Acosta, in a nearly hourlong press conference, defended his actions and claimed Palm Beach state prosecutors were intent on going soft on Epstein. “Simply put, the Palm Beach State Attorney’s Office was ready to let Epstein walk free, no jail time,” Acosta said. “Prosecutors in my former office found this to be completely unacceptable.” Acosta went on to argue that it was his office that secured jail time, restitution and registration as a sex offender. Krischer left no doubt that this assertion left him livid. “As the state attorney for Palm Beach County for 16 years [1993-2009], which included the entire period of the Epstein investigation, I can emphatically state that Mr. Acosta’s recollection of this matter is completely wrong,” Krischer began. “Federal prosecutors do not take a back seat to state prosecutors. That’s not how the system works in the real world.” After outlining his office’s efforts to subpoena witnesses and take evidence to a grand jury, Krischer said Acosta entered into “secret negotiations” with Epstein’s lawyers. “Subsequently, the U.S. Attorney’s Office produced a 53-page indictment that was abandoned after secret negotiations between Mr. Epstein’s lawyers and Mr. Acosta. The State Attorney’s Office was not a party to those meetings or negotiations, and definitely had no part in the federal non-prosecution agreement and the unusual confidentiality arrangement that kept everything hidden from the victims,” Krischer said. “No matter how my office resolved the state charges, the U.S. Attorney’s Office always had the ability to file its own federal charges. “If Mr. Acosta was truly concerned with the state’s case and felt he had to rescue the matter, he would have moved forward with the 53-page indictment that his own office drafted.” Krischer concluded: “Instead, Mr. Acosta brokered a secret plea deal that resulted in a non-prosecution agreement in violation of the Crime Victims’ Rights Act. Mr. Acosta’s should not be allowed to rewrite history.” An explosive Daily Beast report Wednesday indicated that Acosta previously told Trump transition team members that he was told to back off the Epstein case. “I was told Epstein ‘belonged to intelligence’ and to leave it alone,’” Acosta reportedly said. “So, there has been reporting to that effect,” Acosta said Wednesday. “And let me say, there’s been report to a lot of effects in this case. Not just now but over the years. And again, I would, I would hesitate to take this reporting as fact.” Here’s what the Washington Examiner printed back in 2019, where it seems pretty obvious Acosta was later told to clean up his story and whitewash it: Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta declined to answer Wednesday if he had ever been told that Jeffrey Epstein was an intelligence asset during his handling of the 2008 child sex abuse case against the jet-setting financier. Acosta, under fire for the non-prosecution agreement he’d made with Epstein’s attorneys and for the light 13-month jail stint that Epstein served more than a decade ago, told reporters at a press conference that he couldn’t answer questions about whether Epstein was allegedly tied to an intelligence agency in some way because he was prohibited from doing so due to Justice Department regulations. “So, there has been reporting to that effect. And let me say, there’s been report to a lot of effects in this case. Not just now but over the years. And again, I would, I would hesitate to take this reporting as fact,” Acosta said. “This was a case that was brought by our office. This was a case that was brought based on the facts,” said Acosta. “And I look at the reporting and others. I can’t address it directly because of our guidelines.” During the press conference, Acosta corrected what he said were other misconceptions or misstatements about his handling of the case and dismissed much of the reporting on the Epstein case as “just going down rabbit holes.” Acosta, the former U.S. attorney for Southern Florida, reached an agreement in 2008 with Epstein’s attorneys where Epstein was allowed to plead guilty to two state-level prostitution solicitation charges related to a 17-year-old girl. Epstein served just 13 months in a Palm Beach County jail, paid restitution to certain victims, and registered as a sex offender. The secret agreement was reportedly struck before investigators had even finished interviewing all the alleged victims, and it included protections for some of Epstein’s alleged co-conspirators. The question about Epstein’s possible status as a potential intelligence asset was prompted by a report this week of comments from a few years ago by a former senior White House official who told the Daily Beast that Acosta said during interviews for the administration position he had been told during the 2008 case that Epstein “belonged to intelligence.” Epstein faces new charges in the Southern District of New York, including allegedly “sexually exploited and abused dozens of minor girls at his homes in Manhattan, New York, and Palm Beach, Florida, among other locations” between 2002 and 2005, according to a 14-page federal indictment. Epstein pleaded not guilty in federal court Monday. In a search of Epstein’s Manhattan mansion over the weekend, investigators say they also uncovered what appeared to large amounts of nude photographs, including some of underage girls.