Overview
- Attorney General Pam Bondi assigned Manhattan U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton to lead a review after President Trump asked the DOJ and FBI to examine Epstein’s links to Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, Reid Hoffman and JPMorgan Chase.
- House Democrats this week released roughly 20,000 pages of Epstein-related emails and records that include references to Trump, including claims he “knew about the girls” and “spent hours” with a woman identified as a victim.
- Trump told reporters he knows “nothing” about Epstein’s comments and has not considered pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence.
- The Justice Department and FBI said in a July memo that an exhaustive review found no predicate to investigate uncharged third parties and no credible client list, a conclusion now at odds with the new directive.
- A House vote is expected next week on forcing the DOJ to release its Epstein files, as some Republicans back full transparency and legal experts warn that politically driven probes risk eroding DOJ independence.