Overview
- The president called on the Justice Department and the FBI to investigate links between Jeffrey Epstein and leading Democrats, naming Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, Reid Hoffman and JPMorgan Chase without providing evidence.
- Attorney General Pam Bondi said her department would act with diligence and honesty even though the DOJ and FBI stated in July they found no basis for new probes and deemed releasing the Epstein files not pertinent.
- The House of Representatives is slated to consider a measure next week that would compel publication of the Epstein files, and reporting indicates many Republicans could back it.
- Trump denied the newly released emails attributed to Epstein that claim he knew about the girls and spent hours with one; a Clinton spokesperson said the messages show Clinton did nothing and knew nothing.
- Trump withdrew his support for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene after her push for full disclosure, a rupture that highlights fractures in the MAGA bloc as an AP poll shows GOP approval of his governance falling to 68% from 81% in March following the lengthy shutdown.