- by foxnews
- 02 Aug 2025
The Utah-based plastic surgeon was indicted by a federal grand jury in January 2023.
Prosecutors say Moore and his three co-defendants ran a scheme out of Plastic Surgery Institute of Utah Inc. to "defraud the United States and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)."
On Tuesday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said she was writing a letter to the Justice Department to urge it to drop charges against Moore.
"This man is a hero, not a criminal," she contended on X. "The charges were filed under Biden's DOJ, not Trump."
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. also praised Moore on X in April, writing, "Dr. Moore deserves a medal for his courage and his commitment to healing!"
Greene thanked Bondi on Saturday.
Bondi wrote that getting the charges against Moore dropped would not have been possible without Greene, "who brought this case to my attention. She has been a warrior for Dr. Moore and for ending the weaponization of government."
The DOJ also concluded the disgraced financier committed suicide in his New York City jail cell in 2019 while awaiting further sex trafficking charges.
Public outrage ensued after the release of a prison surveillance video that the administration used to prove that no one entered Epstein's cell in the hours leading up to his death.
The 10-hour video, though, has one minute missing, which has fueled conspiracy theories that the administration is participating in a cover-up involving Epstein's death.
"President Trump is proud of Attorney General Bondi's efforts to execute his Make America Safe Again agenda, restore the integrity of the Department of Justice, and bring justice to victims of crime. The continued fixation on sowing division in President Trump's Cabinet is baseless and unfounded in reality," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt siad.
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino is also considering resigning over the Justice Department's handling of the Epstein files after a heated argument with Bondi this week, a source told Fox News Digital this week.
Bongino has not been seen in his office since Wednesday, a source said, adding he has yet to make a final decision about his future.
Fox News' Amanda Macias, David Spunt and Jake Gibson contributed to this report.
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