Jeffrey Epstein, DOJ and grand jury
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Attorney General Pam Bondi is facing President Trump's ire in the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, according to sources. Trump is suing the Wall Street Journal and its owner, Rupert Murdoch for $10 billion,
Those factors, applied to the Epstein saga, appear muddled at best. Trump has called for “pertinent” grand jury records to come out. And one of the arguments DOJ previously made against disclosures was that it could damage the purported victims of Epstein’s alleged sex trafficking conspiracy, many of whom are still alive.
Trump has tried to damp down speculation, fanned mainly by Democrats, that the withheld files contain evidence of a deep connection between Trump and Epstein. Trump has reacted with outrage and disdain, even at members of his political base who have pressed for the files to be released.
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