Overview
- President Donald Trump publicly asked Attorney General Pam Bondi and the FBI to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's links to Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, Reid Hoffman and JPMorgan Chase.
- Bondi assigned Manhattan U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton to lead a Justice Department review of those connections, an update that follows a July DOJ/FBI memo finding no basis to investigate uncharged third parties.
- Confronted with emails in which Epstein wrote that Trump “knew about the girls” and “spent hours” with a victim, Trump said, “I know nothing about that,” and described himself as the nation's chief law enforcement officer.
- A House discharge petition secured a vote to compel release of all DOJ Epstein files, with some Republicans joining Democrats despite White House efforts to discourage the push.
- Legal experts warned that probes prompted by presidential pressure risk politicizing the department, none of the individuals named by Trump have been charged, and JPMorgan said it regrets any association with Epstein but did not help him commit crimes.