Day: July 14, 2025
Bongino appears to be on course to be the Trump administration’s first casualty of the Epstein fallout
The future of the deputy FBI director, Dan Bongino, is unclear after he stormed out of a meeting with Pam Bondi, the attorney general, and told friends he was considering quitting over the controversy surrounding Jeffrey Epstein.
Bongino, a former New York police officer and Secret Service agent who helped protect George W Bush and Barack Obama, appears on course to be the Trump administration’s first casualty of the Epstein fallout, which is threatening to split the “Make America great again” (Maga) movement
Home affairs minister says antisemitism envoy is not responsible for giving money to Advance; murder investigation under way after discovery in Balcatta
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Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with some of the stories that will make the news today and then it’ll be Nick Visser to take you through the day.
Tony Burke, the minister for home affairs, went on ABC’s 7.30 last night to defend the antisemitism envoy, Jillian Segal, after it was revealed her husband had funded the rightwing lobby group Advance Australia. Segal said she had no involvement in it. More details on his comments soon.
