Former US attorney general Pam Bondi said the US Justice Department had made an “unprecedented commitment to transparency” in handling files on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Attorney General Pam Bondi faces questions in the House Judiciary Committee over the Justice Department's handling of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb 11, 2026. (Photo: AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
30 May 2026 03:36AM
WASHINGTON: Former US attorney general Pam Bondi on Friday (May 29) defended the Justice Department's handling of its files on sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, while acknowledging "redaction errors" in a release that critics say shielded key information while identifying alleged victims.Bondi was giving evidence to the House Oversight Committee in a transcribed interview rather than a sworn, videotaped deposition, frustrating Democrats and survivors who accuse President Donald Trump's administration of withholding the full record of the disgraced financier's sex trafficking case.According to prepared remarks obtained by multiple US media outlets, Bondi said the Justice Department had made an "unprecedented commitment to transparency" under her leadership and produced nearly three million pages of material, including videos and images."To the best of my knowledge, the Department produced everything required under the Epstein Files Transparency Act," Bondi said in the statement.But she also acknowledged flaws in the release."There were redaction errors," Bondi said, referring to the process of blacking out legally sensitive or private personal information. "But since day one of this process, this department has been committed to accountability and transparency."The comments came as Democrats, Epstein survivors and some Republicans accuse the Trump administration of covering up the full record of the case, despite the Justice Department's insistence that it has released everything it is legally obliged to make public.
