Bondi Provides Timeline For Release of Epstein Files
Attorney General Pam Bondi made clear Wednesday that the Trump administration is prepared to fully comply with sweeping new disclosure requirements on the Jeffrey Epstein scandal — requirements that Congress passed with near-unanimous support and that President Donald J. Trump is expected to sign into law.
Under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which passed the House 427–1 and was automatically approved by the Senate upon arrival, the Justice Department must release every unclassified record tied to Epstein and his longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell. That includes investigative files, internal DOJ and FBI communications, and previously unseen materials from Epstein’s estate — all within 30 days of the bill becoming law.
“We will follow the law,” Bondi told reporters during a Wednesday news conference. “The law passed both chambers last evening. It has not yet been signed, but we will continue to follow the law again while protecting victims but also providing maximum transparency.”
The legislation allows limited redactions only when disclosure “would jeopardize an active federal investigation or ongoing prosecution.” And Bondi confirmed those investigations are ongoing — including new inquiries into Epstein’s connections with prominent Democratic figures and powerful financial institutions.
This renewed scrutiny comes despite a July memo from the DOJ and FBI claiming there was no evidence of a blackmail operation, no secret “client list,” and no indication Epstein was murdered. The memo concluded that no further charges would be filed.
But Bondi said new leads have emerged since then.
“Information that has come forward,” she said when pressed about the basis for reopening investigative avenues. “There’s new information, additional information. And again, we will continue to follow the law to investigate any leads. If there are any victims, we encourage all victims to come forward.
“And we will continue to provide maximum transparency under the law,” she added.
Bondi declined to describe the “new information,” instead directing reporters to “a post on X” by Deputy Assistant Attorney General Todd Blanche — though she did not specify which one. A November 13 post by Blanche stated: “When I interviewed Maxwell [in July], law enforcement didn’t have the materials Epstein’s estate hid for years and only just provided to Congress.”
These revelations come at a moment when Congress, victims, and the public have demanded accountability after years of secrecy surrounding Epstein’s network. Epstein was found dead in federal custody in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges; Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence after being convicted of related crimes.
President Trump celebrated the bill’s overwhelming passage Tuesday, calling it a landmark win for transparency and for his administration’s aggressive push to expose corruption.
“I don’t care when the Senate passes the House Bill, whether tonight, or at some other time in the near future, I just don’t want Republicans to take their eyes off all of the Victories that we’ve had,” Trump posted to Truth Social.
He then rattled off a string of accomplishments from his second term: “Closed Borders, No Men in Women’s Sports, ending DEI, stopping Biden’s record-setting inflation, the biggest tax and regulation cuts in history, stopping eight wars, rebuilding our military, being respected by every country in the world … and even delivering a huge defeat to the Democrats on the shutdown. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Shortly after Trump’s remarks, the Senate moved the bill forward, setting in motion a 30-day countdown for the DOJ’s first-ever full public disclosure of its Epstein records — a release that could reshape the political landscape depending on what those documents contain.
Bondi has signaled that the department is bracing for exactly that.