Former Attorney General Pam Bondi defended the Trump administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files on Friday, telling House investigators she did not personally oversee every aspect of the Justice Department’s review of millions of records tied to the disgraced financier.Bondi arrived at the Rayburn House Office Building shortly before 8 a.m. for a closed-door transcribed interview before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, where lawmakers are seeking answers about the administration’s release of Epstein-related records.In opening remarks obtained by the Washington Examiner, Bondi defended the department’s record while emphasizing the massive scope of the review effort.
“I am proud of the Department’s record and commitment to transparency under my leadership,” Bondi said. “We demonstrated an unprecedented commitment to transparency in the Department’s search for, collection, and review of the Epstein files.”
Bondi said the department collected and reviewed nearly 3 million pages of records, including thousands of videos and hundreds of thousands of images. She argued the investigations stretched across four presidential administrations and maintained that the Trump administration was responsible for both the prosecutions of Epstein and his longtime associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, as well as the largest public release of related records.
