"WASHINGTON (AP) - Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump 's understated but influential chief of staff, criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case and offered an unvarnished take on her boss and those in his orbit in a series of observations that were published Tuesday in Vanity Fair and immediately sent shock waves through Washington while sending the West Wing into damage control."
"The first woman to ever hold her current post, Wiles pushed back on what she described as a "hit piece" that lacked context. But neither she, nor other West Wing officials who came to her defense, disputed any details in the two-part profile - a wide-ranging narrative that included Wiles' assessments of the teetotaling Trump as having "an alcoholic's personality," Vice President JD Vance as a calculating "conspiracy theorist" and Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. as "quirky Bobby.""
"On Epstein, Wiles told the magazine that she underestimated the scandal involving the disgraced financier, but she sharply criticized how Bondi managed the case and the public's expectations. She said at one point that Trump's tariffs had been more painful than expected. She conceded some mistakes in Trump's mass deportation program and suggested that the president's retribution campaign against his perceived political enemies has gone beyond what she initially wanted."
Susie Wiles criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein matter and offered blunt assessments of President Donald Trump and senior aides. Wiles characterized Trump as having "an alcoholic's personality," called Vice President JD Vance a calculating "conspiracy theorist," and referred to Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. as "quirky Bobby." She said she underestimated the Epstein scandal, sharply criticized Bondi's management of the case and public expectations, acknowledged missteps in mass deportation policy, and said some of Trump's retribution against perceived enemies exceeded her intentions. Wiles defended an aggressive second-term agenda including strikes on alleged drug boats off Venezuela.
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