The former intelligence chief described the public feud between the leaders of the FBI and the Department of Justice as a “circus.”

WASHINGTON — FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino butted heads with Attorney General Pam Bondi earlier this week over the Trump administration’s handling of its Jeffrey Epstein investigation — including a purported review of the late pedophile ‘s so-called “client list” that officials now say never existed.

Some senior officials who took the test were asked whether they said anything negative about Director Kash Patel, in a highly unusual use of the tool.

The clash between the deputy FBI director and the attorney general has exposed tensions in Trump’s inner sanctum.