The Attorney General reportedly told President Donald Trump in the spring that he and many others were named in Jeffrey Epstein’s government files.
Ag Pam Bondi reportedly told Trump that he was named in the Epstein file
Attorney General Pam Bondy reportedly notified President Donald Trump in May that his name had appeared in Epstein-related files.
WASHINGTON – Attorney General Pam Bondy said President Donald Trump was nominated multiple times in May in Jeffrey Epstein’s government files, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal and CNN.
White House officials didn’t object to Trump’s name being mentioned in the Epstein Files, so they tell USA Today that Bondi, a binder prepared for the MAGA influencer, explained the president’s name in February. However, the official rejected the proposal that Trump engaged in fraud in connection with Epstein.
According to a report by Journal and CNN, Bondi said the president and many other figures were named in the document. The journal cited “senior managers” and CNN cited “discussion-savvy sources.”
The fact that a name is given in such a document does not mean that the person has broken the law.
“The fact is that the president kicked him out of the club because he was a creep,” White House communications director Stephen Chong mentioned Trump’s Mar Lago club in Florida.
“This is just a continuation of fake news stories crafted by Democrats and the liberal media, like the Obama Russia scandal where President Trump was right,” Chong said.
The report provides potential additional context for the Department of Justice’s decision not to publish the Epstein file. In a memo released on July 7, the department said it was unable to list a guilty list of clients who may have been involved with Epstein in the sex trafficking ring.
In the same review, the memo found no evidence that Epstein had threatened prominent people or that he was murdered while in custody. New York’s chief medical inspector determined that Epstein died of suicide in 2019, but Trump himself has previously expressed doubt about the conclusion.
“It’s certainly an odd situation about whether he (Epstein) died, and the camera wasn’t working, so it’ll be interesting to know what happened there,” Trump said on June 3, 2024 on Fox & Friends weekend.
Trump faces backlash against the Epstein Files’ decision
The revelation comes as the Trump administration faces intense backlash against the Justice Department’s decision not to disclose the Epstein Files. Earlier this year, Bondi issued an official statement building a conspiracy over the Epstein file.
“It’s a new day, a new administration, and everything’s going to be in the public,” Bondy told Sean Hannity in an interview in March.
During scrutiny, Trump sought to shift his attention to other red meat topics resonating with his Magazine base, including unfounded allegations that former President Barack Obama committed “treason” during the 2016 election, when former President Barack Obama discovered that Russia was trying to influence Trump’s favorable elections. “Now is the time to chase after people,” Trump said on July 22.
On July 15, Trump claimed that his political opponents “created” Epstein’s files. A reporter asked if Bondi told the president that his name was on the file.
“No,” Trump said. “She gave us a very simple briefing, and we can say that these files were made up of Obama’s Comey in terms of the reliability of the various things they saw.
Trump says that Bondi should release all “trusted” information from the Epstein file.
Last week, Trump said he had instructed Bondi to ask federal court to prepare “all relevant large ju trial testimony” from the federal case that came to Epstein and his fellow convicted sex trafficker Gislane Maxwell. A federal judge in Florida rejected one of the administration’s requests on July 23rd. Two other requests are still pending in Manhattan Federal Court.
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Epstein’s files contain a large number of images of Epstein and victims who are believed to be minors or minors, the Department of Justice and the FBI say with more than 10,000 videos and images of illegal child abuse materials and other pornographic images. The agency’s July 7 memo said federal authorities “have no basis to revisit the disclosure of these materials and will not allow the release of child pornography.”
The Department of Justice did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
This story has been updated with additional information.
