Bondi, reportedly ousted due to her botched handling of Epstein files, is still set to testify before Congress on 14 April
As news emerged this week presaging Donald Trump’s dismissal of Pam Bondi, one of his motivations reportedly related to her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigative files.
While the new acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, insisted he had “never” heard the president say “that anything that happened to her had anything to do with the Epstein files”, it’s clear the issue has dogged Bondi throughout her tumultuous tenure.
Indeed, Trump had repeatedly vowed his administration would release all Epstein documents – a promise that served as political manna for conspiracy-minded members of his rightmost base. Many ultra-conservative Trump supporters believe that Epstein’s abuse of teen girls was part of a sprawling sex-trafficking network of global elite.
Epstein counted numerous rich and powerful men as associates, including Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and, at one point, Trump. The president, who ended his friendship with Epstein in 2004 prior to the late sex trafficker’s sex offense conviction, has maintained that he did not engage in any wrongdoing related to him or in general.
