Overview
- Attorney General Pam Bondi assigned the Manhattan U.S. attorney to examine Epstein’s links to Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, Reid Hoffman and JPMorgan that President Trump publicly named.
- Trump denied knowing about newly released emails in which Epstein wrote that Trump “knew about the girls” and allegedly spent hours with a victim, labeling the uproar a hoax.
- House Democrats released roughly 20,000 pages of records this week, and House leaders plan a vote next week to compel the Justice Department to disclose all Epstein files.
- Legal experts and at least one Republican lawmaker warned that ordering probes of political rivals risks politicizing the Justice Department and undermining its credibility.
- JPMorgan said it regrets any past association with Epstein but did not help him commit crimes, and a July DOJ/FBI memo found insufficient evidence to investigate uncharged third parties.