Pam Bondi announces that ‘all’ of the Epstein files released contain over 300 words
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced in a letter Saturday that “all” of the Epstein files have been released pursuant to Section 3 of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
The letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, ranking member Dick Durbin, D-Ill., House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and ranking member Jamie Raskin, D-Md., was obtained by Fox News Digital.
“Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, and as described in the Department’s various subpoenas submitted to the courts of the Southern District of New York granted the prosecution of Epstein and Maxwell and related orders, the Department has released all ‘records, documents, communications and investigative materials in the Department’ ‘relating’ to any of the nine separate categories,” the letter reads.
The book also includes a list of more than 300 famous names, including President Donald Trump, Barack and Michelle Obama, Prince Harry, Bill Gates, Woody Allen, Kim Kardashian, Kurt Cobain, Mark Zuckerberg and Bruce Springsteen.
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Pursuant to the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the list includes “all individuals who (1) are or have been government officials or politically exposed persons and (2) whose names appear in files released under the Act at least once,” the letter said, adding that the names appear “in a wide variety of circumstances.”
Some of the names mentioned “had multiple email communications with Epstein or Maxwell” and others were mentioned “in a portion of the document (including media coverage) that on its face was unrelated to Epstein and Maxwell’s affairs,” the letter said.
The document reveals a wide range of material related to Epstein that the Justice Department says is included, including records related to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell; references to individuals—up to and including government officials—connected to Epstein’s activities; and documents tied to settlements and legal decisions such as immunity agreements, plea agreements, non-prosecution agreements and closed systems.
It also includes information on organizations and networks allegedly connected to Epstein’s trafficking and financial operations across the corporate, non-profit, academic and government sectors, as well as internal DOJ emails, memos and meeting notes showing decisions about charging, declining or pursuing an investigation.
The documents also include records dealing with the possible destruction or concealment of relevant material and documents related to Epstein’s arrest and death, including incident reports, witness interviews and medical examiner/autopsy-related records.
The letter adds, “No records are withheld or redacted ‘on the basis of embarrassment, injury to reputation, or political sensitivity, including of any government official, public official, or foreign official.'”
“Any omissions from the list are unintended and, as explained in previous letters to Congress, result from the volume and speed with which the Department complies with the Act,” the letter said. “People whose names are redacted for the sake of sensitivity to the law are not included.”
The letter says the redaction process was “extensive,” including consultation with victims and victim advocates, to redact “separable parts” containing victim-identifying information, such as medical files that may jeopardize an active federal investigation or ongoing prosecution, or reveal/contain images of death, physical abuse or injury.
