Overview

• President Trump instructed Attorney General Pam Bondi to seek court approval for the release of grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 indictment and Ghislaine Maxwell’s prosecution
• Bondi’s filings in the Southern District of New York invoke Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e), triggering a process of hearings, redactions and judicial rulings before any testimony can be unsealed
• Senate Appropriations Committee members unanimously adopted Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s amendment requiring the Justice Department to retain, preserve and compile all Epstein-related records, including any client list
• A Reuters-Ipsos poll shows 69 percent of U.S. adults believe the administration is hiding Epstein’s client list and 60 percent suspect it is concealing details about his death
• High-profile Republicans such as Speaker Mike Johnson, Reps. Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene have joined Democrats in pressing for full disclosure even as Trump dismisses their demands as a “hoax”