President Donald Trump came to Attorney General Pam Bondi's defense on Saturday, a message to his supporters calling for her to resign amid backlash over his administration's handling of an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

Earlier this week, the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation announced that sexual predator and financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself while incarcerated in New York in 2019.

A rush transcript of "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" airing on Sunday, July 13, 2025 on ABC News is below. This copy may not be in its final form, may be updated and may contain minor transcription errors.

Attorney Spencer Kuvin, who represents one of Epstein’s victims, shared: "We certainly knew that Mr. Trump was a close friend of Mr. Epstein during those exact years that Mr. Epstein was molesting these young girls. "These are two gentlemen that definitely ran in the same circles."

Tensions within the Trump administration have escalated after a reported heated exchange earlier in the week between Bongino and Bondi.

The drama surrounding the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files is still boiling over among loyalists of President Donald Trump.  Deputy director of the FBI Dan Bongino is considering leaving his job after a confrontation with Attorney General Pam Bondi over his frustration over how the Justice Department has handled the situation,

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt attempted to explain why Attorney General Pam Bondi talked earlier this year of a Jeffrey Epstein client list but now a Justice Department memo says there is none.