FBI Director Kash Patel refuted rumors of his resignation amid reports of frustration over the Justice Department's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein in

The fallout from the Epstein files flop led to media reports indicating Patel and Bongino were planning to resign amid their purported feud with Bondi.

Since Kash Patel assumed charge as the Director of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the agency has intensified its reliance on polygraph tests — not just to guard national secrets, but to test employee loyalty as well,

FBI Director Kash Patel is making bureau staff take polygraph tests to root out anyone who’s been talking trash about him, according to a report. Patel has ramped up the FBI’s use of the lie-detector tests—often deemed too unreliable to use as evidence in criminal courts—in order to keep tabs on his own people and stamp out leaks.

In his announcement, Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, did not provide key details on the cost of the project or when employees would transition into the new headquarters.

FBI head Kash Patel has reportedly pointed to his frustrations with Attorney General Pam Bondi, especially over the contentious Epstein files issue

For years, Patel and other Trump allies have deflected from these basic facts by focusing solely on what’s become known as the Steele dossier and how it was used by the FBI to obtain that surveillance warrant for Carter Page, a little-known foreign policy adviser for Trump’s 2016 campaign.

Blanche disputed any sort of conflict between the FBI and Department of Justice leadership in a social media post.

After 50 years in the J. Edgar Hoover Building in downtown Washington, D.C., the FBI will move headquarters to the Ronald Reagan Building.