The Epstein files problem didn’t leave with Bondi. Blanche, Bondi’s deputy, is the acting attorney general. Nothing else has changed.
The same department. The same withheld files. The same survivors waiting. Changing the nameplate at Main Justice doesn’t change the obligation.
With a 427-1 vote, the House passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act in November, requiring the Department of Justice to release all unclassified Epstein files within thirty days. The Senate approved it unanimously. Trump finally got on board and agreed to sign it on November 19, 2025.
Democratic lawmakers also said that Bondi refused to answer questions about Donald Trump’s involvement in the release of the files.
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“We demonstrated an unprecedented commitment to transparency in the department’s search for, collection and review of the Epstein files,” Bondi said in her prepared opening statement, obtained by the Guardian.
The Epstein Files Transparency Act is a U.S. federal law (Public Law 119-38) that requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to publicly release all unclassified records, investigative materials, and internal documents related to the investigation and prosecution of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Bondi defended the Justice Department’s approach, saying it had released nearly half of records in the Epstein files that where not on her desk during her tenure, including photographs and video evidence. She described those efforts as an unprecedented bid to increase transparency.
Here we are almost half a year later and…
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The DOJ is saying roughly three million documents — the witness interviews, the evidence gathered by the FBI, the files most likely to contain the real story — are shielded by prosecutorial privilege. At the Oversight Committee hearing Friday, Rep. Dave Min, D-Calif., wasn’t having it. “There’s a reason we don’t have the smoking guns, we don’t have the video evidence, we don’t have the witness interviews,” he said. “They’re claiming that’s all privileged. And that is a bunch of bull—t.”
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As AG, wouldn’t Bondi have had to sign off on Blanches findings once she received and reviewed them?
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The same department. The same withheld files. The same survivors waiting. Changing the nameplate at Main Justice doesn’t change the obligation.With a 427-1 vote, the House passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act in November, requiring the Department of Justice to release all unclassified Epstein files within thirty days. The Senate approved it unanimously. Trump finally got on board and agreed to sign it on November 19, 2025.
Democratic lawmakers also said that Bondi refused to answer questions about Donald Trump’s involvement in the release of the files.
Opinion | Pam Bondi's Epstein interview appears to have been an exercise in evading accountability — MS NOW
Bondi once made accountability her brand. Then she came to Washington and began running interference for those who might be exposed by the Epstein files.
The Epstein Files Transparency Act is a U.S. federal law (Public Law 119-38) that requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to publicly release all unclassified records, investigative materials, and internal documents related to the investigation and prosecution of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Bondi defended the Justice Department’s approach, saying it had released nearly half of records in the Epstein files that where not on her desk during her tenure, including photographs and video evidence. She described those efforts as an unprecedented bid to increase transparency.
Here we are almost half a year later and…Pam Bondi Blames Botched Release of Epstein Files on Donald Trump's Former Personal Lawyer: 'I Delegated Oversight' — OK!
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared on Capitol Hill regarding her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, blasting Todd Blanche for ‘errors.'
Opinion | Pam Bondi's Epstein interview appears to have been an exercise in evading accountability — MS NOW
Bondi once made accountability her brand. Then she came to Washington and began running interference for those who might be exposed by the Epstein files.
As AG, wouldn’t Bondi have had to sign off on Blanches findings once she received and reviewed them?