Pam Bondi Provides Key Update on Epstein Case Documents
Attorney General Pam Bondi recently delivered a major update on the ongoing investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, stating that the FBI is currently examining "tens of thousands of videos of Epstein with children or child pornography" and that "hundreds of victims" have been identified so far.
Bondi clarified that the vast scope of the material is what’s causing the delay in releasing additional records. “The FBI is diligently going through that,” she said during a Wednesday morning press briefing.
Epstein, a wealthy financier and convicted sex offender, died by suicide in a New York City jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges. His extensive connections across politics, academia, and business have led to persistent questions about the reach of his alleged criminal network.
The Trump administration has vowed full transparency regarding the Epstein documents. Rep. James Comer (R-KY), who chairs the House Oversight Committee, voiced concern that essential records could have been destroyed before President Trump assumed office.
“The president ordered them released, the attorney general ordered them released, we all know they have not been released,” Comer remarked on The Benny Show. Comer also sits on the House Oversight Task Force overseeing declassification efforts, chaired by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL).
Many conservatives and GOP lawmakers have expressed frustration with the pace of the document releases. The initial batch of files, dubbed "Phase I" and released in March, offered little new information and was widely viewed as underwhelming.
Tragedy struck again in April when Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s most prominent accusers, died by suicide after a prolonged struggle with mental health. She was 41 and is survived by three children. Her family described her as “a fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse and sex trafficking” and said she “will be missed beyond measure.”
Reaffirming his suspicions, Comer asked: “The concern I’ve always had about the Epstein files: Was the government involved? Did the government know? Was the government using Epstein and the videos to blackmail the most influential people around the world?”
In a Fox News interview in March, Bondi confirmed that FBI agents are carefully working to shield sensitive personal data belonging to Epstein’s victims contained in thousands of documents.
“There are tens of thousands of pages of documents, and hundreds and hundreds of victims of Jeffrey Epstein,” Bondi said. She added that FBI officials, acting under the direction of herself, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Deputy Director Dan Bongino, have been working tirelessly to prepare the documents for public release.
“But yeah, we have to protect their identity, their personal information to make sure they’re safe. But other than that, we are releasing all of these documents as soon as we can get them redacted,” she noted.
Although Epstein’s death ended his criminal prosecution, rumors about a so-called “client list” of high-profile individuals continue to circulate. While some insist that such a list is being hidden, sources involved in the civil and criminal cases insist that no concrete evidence of its existence has ever been uncovered.