Attorney General Pam Bondi revealed she was misled by the FBI’s New York field office regarding the Epstein files, claiming she was told there were only 120 pages when in fact the bureau was sitting on thousands of pages.
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Bondi joined Fox News’ “Life, Liberty & Levin” on Thursday to give an update on the state of the Epstein files release after “The Epstein Files: Phase One” rollout devolved into a PR nightmare.
The 120-page release which was given to a select group of MAGA influencers was a heavily redacted nothingburger because it contained already publicly available information.
Host Mark Levin asked, “I want to get into this Epstein thing a little bit. I think the American people are very curious about who’s on this list or these lists. You have been doggedly trying to get all the information. Now we learn, thanks to you, that you’ve been stonewalled by people in New York. Do you want to explain that?”
AG Pam Bondi just went on Levin and gave a few updates on the Epstein documents:
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Bondi responded, “As you know, we released about 120 pages of documents, and I started asking for these documents right when I came into office, before Kash Patel was in there. I ended up getting about 120 pages. We carefully redacted them, of course, to ensure that the 254 young girls — victims of sex crimes and sex trafficking — had their personal information protected.”
“So I’m going through it, and I kept saying, ‘There has to be more, there has to be more.’ I was assured that was it. Kash asked the same questions and was also assured there was no more.”
“Then I found out this week that a source told me New York’s SDNY is sitting on thousands of pages of documents regarding Epstein — thousands. And of course, you’ve seen the very strong letter,” she said, referring to the Thursday letter directing FBI Director Kash Patel to have the New York field office deliver the remaining Epstein documents.
JUST IN – Attorney General Pam Bondi says the FBI is withholding Epstein documents from the U.S. Department of Justice. pic.twitter.com/uWz4vlkvx8
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In the letter, Bondi revealed a whistleblower had tipped her off to the fact that thousands of files were not included in the documents that were turned over to her.
“We will get everything. We will have it in our possession,” Bondi told Levin. “We will redact it, of course, to protect grand jury information and confidential witnesses, but the American people have a right to know. Donald Trump is the most transparent president in our nation’s history. So not only will America get the full Epstein files, but they will also get the JFK files and the Martin Luther King files.”
Levin went on to ask Bondi if she thought the FBI’s New York office was “trying to protect a lot of names and individuals.”
Bondi said she couldn’t yet make a determination, but said the individuals involved in withholding the information “won’t be working for us anymore.”
“You know, Mark, I have not reviewed the information yet. As a lawyer, as a prosecutor, I want to review everything before I make a firm conclusion,” Bondi said. “But I think it’s very interesting that they withheld that from us. I will find out who withheld it, and they will not be working for us anymore.”
Bondi had demanded the rest of the Epstein files from the FBI’s New York field office by Friday, Feb. 28.
So far, the “Epstein Files: Phase 2” has yet to be released.