But Bailey’s lack of bonafides is hardly the most alarming factor of the attorney general’s quick ascension among the White House ranks, Foreman notes. Instead, it’s how Bailey’s appointment relates to the Epstein case and Trump’s efforts to quiet the conversation around his relationship with the convicted sex trafficker.

“Bongino has clearly struggled to drop his longstanding claims of a cover up around the case,” Foreman reports. “… Bongino has also expressed some general sense that he doesn't like what the job is showing him. He's not crazy about this job.”

“The question now, though, for many, is, ‘Is [Bongino] now going to be shown the door now that a replacement is standing right next to him?'” Bailey asked. “And of course, the question for the White House is, ‘Does any of this do anything to quiet the noise about the Epstein case and the notion that they said they were going to lay it all out there, and they still haven’t?’"