Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter asking FBI director Kash Patel to find out why thousands of papers about Epstein were kept hidden by the FBI. She put out the first set of new files on Thursday. These papers did not show any big new claims about Epstein or tell us more about people who knew him. Epstein was caught in July 2019 for sex crimes and died by suicide before his trial could start. The attorney general told the FBI to hand over all facts about Epstein by 08:00 EST on Friday, no matter how they were found. She wrote that she heard from someone that the FBI office in New York had thousands of pages about the case against Epstein. She said the FBI never told her these files existed, even though she asked many times.
Bondi also told the FBI boss to look into why her orders were not followed. She said Patel must give her a full report on what he finds and what he plans to do about staff within 14 days. On X, Patel said the FBI was starting a new time with honesty and the search for truth. He promised there would be no hiding things, no missing papers, and every part would be checked. The new files mostly have papers that people saw before, but the US government never showed them in an official way, the Justice Department said. The 10 files include flight records from Epstein's private plane, and a list of contacts with some names blacked out.
President Donald Trump said during his run for office that he would share the Epstein list, which some think might link famous people to sex crimes. Republicans in Congress also pushed Bondi to tell all the facts about the man who went to jail. On Thursday afternoon, the White House gave the first 200 files to some right-wing internet stars. These people were Rogan O'Handley, known as DC Draino, and Chaya Raichik, who makes Libs of TikTok, news groups said. But the small amount of news in these files let down some Republicans like Representative Anna Paulina Luna who leads a team looking at how open the government is. Luna posted that she and her team did not see the Epstein papers being shared that day. She said this was not what they or Americans asked for, and it was very bad. Glenn Beck, another right-wing voice, wrote that the Epstein files are just silly and asked who is working against the President.
Most Epstein papers over past years came from a court fight between one person who said Epstein hurt her, Virginia Giuffre, and his old girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell. Epstein, age 66, said he was guilty of paying for sex from someone under 18 in 2008. Ghislaine Maxwell lost her trying to stop her punishment last year after being found guilty of helping Epstein abuse young girls.
Bondi also told the FBI boss to look into why her orders were not followed. She said Patel must give her a full report on what he finds and what he plans to do about staff within 14 days. On X, Patel said the FBI was starting a new time with honesty and the search for truth. He promised there would be no hiding things, no missing papers, and every part would be checked. The new files mostly have papers that people saw before, but the US government never showed them in an official way, the Justice Department said. The 10 files include flight records from Epstein's private plane, and a list of contacts with some names blacked out.
President Donald Trump said during his run for office that he would share the Epstein list, which some think might link famous people to sex crimes. Republicans in Congress also pushed Bondi to tell all the facts about the man who went to jail. On Thursday afternoon, the White House gave the first 200 files to some right-wing internet stars. These people were Rogan O'Handley, known as DC Draino, and Chaya Raichik, who makes Libs of TikTok, news groups said. But the small amount of news in these files let down some Republicans like Representative Anna Paulina Luna who leads a team looking at how open the government is. Luna posted that she and her team did not see the Epstein papers being shared that day. She said this was not what they or Americans asked for, and it was very bad. Glenn Beck, another right-wing voice, wrote that the Epstein files are just silly and asked who is working against the President.
Most Epstein papers over past years came from a court fight between one person who said Epstein hurt her, Virginia Giuffre, and his old girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell. Epstein, age 66, said he was guilty of paying for sex from someone under 18 in 2008. Ghislaine Maxwell lost her trying to stop her punishment last year after being found guilty of helping Epstein abuse young girls.
