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 interviews published Tuesday in Vanity Fair that sent the West Wing into damage control.

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles called out one of President Donald Trump’s repeated claims about the Jeffrey Epstein case. As Trump faced escalating scrutiny over his relationship with the convicted sex offender over the summer, the president instead pointed fingers at other Epstein associates, including former President Bill Clinton.

Wiles said Bondi whiffed on the Epstein files rollout, angering Trump allies after hyping binders that delivered no new revelations.

She said that the witness list, or the client list, was on her desk. There is no client list, and it sure as hell wasn’t on her desk,” White House chief of staff Susie Wiles said.