President Trump directed Attorney General Pam Bondi Thursday to release “pertinent” grand jury testimony in the case of Jeffrey Epstein — so long as a court allows it.
“Based on the ridiculous amount of publicity given to Jeffrey Epstein, I have asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to produce any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony, subject to Court approval,” he wrote on Truth Social.
“This SCAM, perpetuated by the Democrats, should end, right now!” the president added.
Trump’s decision follows intense pressure from his base for more transparency in the case, and comes hours after The Wall Street Journal published a story about a note he allegedly wrote to Epstein.
Grand jury testimony in the Epstein case took place in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York — and Bondi indicated that she would petition the court Friday for the release of the files.
“President Trump — we are ready to move the court tomorrow to unseal the grand jury transcripts,” Bondi wrote on X.
Epstein, 66, was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell in August 2019, a month after he was charged with trafficking minors by the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.
The FBI and Justice Department announced the conclusion of a “systematic review” of the Epstein case last week in a controversial, unsigned memo.
The review found “no credible evidence” that Epstein “blackmailed prominent individuals” or that investigations against “uncharged third parties” were warranted.
Investigators also concluded the financier died by suicide and never had a “client list” of powerful associates allegedly implicated in his sickening crimes.
The memo indicated that no further disclosures would be made in the case.
Trump, backing the FBI and DOJ’s decision, has described the case as a “hoax” and has urged his supporters to move on from the issue since the release of the memo.
On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reported that a “bawdy” letter to Jeffrey Epstein, bearing President Donald Trump’s signature, was included in an album of letters Epstein received for his 50th birthday in 2003.
The letter was sent at the request of Epstein’s friend Ghislaine Maxwell, according to the newspaper.
Following the release of the article, President Trump released scathing statement directed at the WSJ.
“If there were any truth at all on the Epstein Hoax, as it pertains to President Trump, this information would have been revealed by Comey, Brennan, Crooked Hillary, and other Radical Left Lunatics years ago.”
“The Press has to learn to be truthful, and not rely on sources that probably don’t even exist.”
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Trump is a degenerate sleaze and liar. This is a desperate attempt at cover up. Epstein was indicted and arrested when the adulterous felon was president. So we’re supposed to believe that democrats manufactured this scandal to damage trump, but never used it?!?!?!! What exactly is the ” hoax” here you filthy mouthed adulterer?
1. Trump was a Democrat back then.
2. Trump has always cultivated a public persona of being “cool” and “lewd” – which while shocking to traditional Republicans (whether Wall Street, Country Club, Tea Party, Reaganite, Social Conservative, etc.), appeals to the populist MAGA movement that is Trump’s personal base.
3. Trump disassociated himself from Epstein well before he decided to become the populist candidate for the Republican nomination (i.e. when he was still a Democrat).
Grand jury testimony is only a portion of a criminal file and a judge doesn’t have to release it, so this is another distraction. If Epstein committed suicide, why don’t they release the coroner’s report? And what is exactly the “hoax”?? Did he not commit the crimes for which he was charged? Was he instead spending his time raising money for tzedakos?
Based on recent interviews with Alan Dershowitz, Epstein’s lawyer, who indicated that there is no real client list, but names of alleged victims and perpetrators were redacted from testimony transcripts by two NY judges, this move by trump is very appropriate, which is good news, because his previous stubborn stance was not helping at all. It also seems to indicate that Dershowitz was being truthful, especially the way Trump and his team keep on insisting there was no client list, which is a dangerous path to take if there really is a list kept by Epstein, since it would possibly be leaked eventually, proving him to be a liar. The reality, however, is that the judges will likely not allow an unredacted release, so the American people will not get their satisfaction… IMHO