U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Wednesday that “new information” warrants further investigations into the Jeffrey Epstein case and those connected to the convicted sex abuser.
Bondi fielded questions about Epstein during a press conference alongside FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, and confirmed that the Department of Justice would release additional Epstein files within 30 days of Trump signing legislation making the documents public. Bondi, however, suggested that some material could be withheld as the investigation is ongoing.
Last week, President Donald Trump directed the Justice Department to investigate Epstein’s connections to a list of powerful Democrats, including former President Bill Clinton, former U.S. Treasury Secretary and Harvard President Larry Summers, and venture capitalist Reid Hoffman. Bondi quickly responded to Trump, saying the DOJ would “pursue this with urgency and integrity,” tapping Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, to lead the investigation.
On Wednesday, a reporter asked Bondi what had changed since last week, given that the Justice Department said earlier this year that no further investigation of third parties connected to Epstein was warranted.
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“Information. There’s information, new information, additional information, and again, we will continue to follow the law to investigate any leads,” Bondi said. “If there are any victims, we encourage all victims to come forward. And we will continue to provide maximum transparency under the law.”
Bondi did not expand on what new information came to the Justice Department and did not say whether the additional investigations would go beyond those mentioned by President Trump last week.
“We’re not going to say anything else on that because now it is a pending investigation in the southern district of New York,” she said.
The Daily Wire reached out to the Justice Department, asking when the new information came to light and whether it includes more allegations against Epstein or those connected to the pedophile. The Justice Department said it has no further comment.
After months of controversy over the Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein case, and the president referring to the issue as a “hoax,” Trump finally pushed for Congress to pass legislation to release the Epstein files, and Republicans complied. Bondi has faced the brunt of the criticism over the administration’s handling of the case after she suggested earlier this year that she was reviewing a client list. But when the Justice Department closed its investigation into Epstein in July, it said that it found no evidence of a client list. Bondi later clarified that she was referring to a file on the Epstein case, not an actual client list.
Trump is expected to sign the bill releasing the Epstein files after the legislation easily passed through the House and Senate on Tuesday.
