Overview
- Attorney General Pam Bondi assigned SDNY U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton to lead the Justice Department’s new review requested by President Trump.
- The move follows House Democrats’ release of more than 20,000 pages from Epstein’s estate, including emails in which Epstein wrote that Trump “knew about the girls” and that Trump “spent hours at my house” with a woman the committee identified as a victim.
- Asked about the emails aboard Air Force One, Trump said, “I know nothing about that,” and he urged probes of figures including Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, Reid Hoffman, and JPMorgan Chase.
- A House petition secured the signatures needed to force a vote to require the DOJ to release all Epstein-related files, with some Republicans backing disclosure despite Trump’s opposition.
- July’s DOJ/FBI memo said an exhaustive review found no predicate to investigate uncharged third parties or evidence of a “client list,” a conclusion now intersecting with the new review and transparency push.