The dealing with of the Epstein Files has been a problem for Bondi all yr.
After releasing some paperwork early this yr to conservative influencers and promising extra, the Justice Department and FBI in July released a memo stating that there was no proof that Epstein stored a “client list” or was murdered.
Almost instantly, the DOJ and FBI confronted fervent pushback from some critics, who accused officers of hiding details about the case. Bondi has acknowledged there are not any extra recordsdata that may be made public, as many embrace figuring out data of victims or uncharged people that legally can’t be made public.
The battle reached Capitol Hill as lawmakers demanded all case recordsdata be made obtainable to them for overview. The DOJ has since launched paperwork, although most of them had been already publicly obtainable.
Lawmakers are nonetheless working to get extra data on two fronts: a probe is already underway by the House Oversight Committee, and there may be an effort by Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, who’s looking for to compel the DOJ to launch a full, unredacted model of the paperwork.