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Jeffrey Epstein Document Release Draws Bipartisan Criticism Over Lack of New Revelations

Attorney General Pam Bondi demands FBI hand over thousands of withheld pages as backlash mounts against the Justice Department's handling of the release.

U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services' sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019. New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Attorney General Pam Bondi is pictured on the left holding an "Epstein Files" binder alongside conservative influencers outside the White House in Washington, D.C. on January 27, 2025, while Laura Loomer is shown on the right in New York City on April 15, 2024.
Political commentator Rogan O'Handley, aka DC Draino, TikToker Chaya Raichik, US conservative activist Scott Presler, commentator Liz Wheeler and US conservative political commentator Chad Prather carry binders bearing the seal of the US Justice Department reading "The Epstein Files: Phase 1."
Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump pose together at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, in 1997.

Overview

  • The Justice Department released a limited set of Jeffrey Epstein-related documents, revealing no significant new information and consisting largely of previously public materials such as flight logs and redacted address books.
  • The document release, overseen by Attorney General Pam Bondi, faced backlash from both conservative and liberal figures for its lack of transparency and substantive revelations.
  • Right-wing influencers were given exclusive early access to the files, prompting criticism from both sides of the political spectrum for the perceived politicization of the release process.
  • Pam Bondi accused the FBI of withholding thousands of additional Epstein-related documents and directed FBI Director Kash Patel to deliver the full files by Friday morning.
  • Longtime Epstein case observers argue that a so-called 'client list' likely does not exist but acknowledged the FBI holds many unreleased records that could shed further light on the case.