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Facing uproar successful his MAGA basal implicit the Jeffrey Epstein files, President Donald Trump has called for Attorney General Pam Bondi "to nutrient immoderate and each pertinent Grand Jury testimony, taxable to Court approval" related to the case.
Bondi responded connected societal media Thursday evening, saying, "we are acceptable to determination the tribunal time to unseal the expansive assemblage transcripts."
Trump, successful a telephone interrogation with "Just the News" connected Real America's Voice connected Wednesday night, alleged without providing grounds that Democrats and erstwhile officials doctored files relating to the disgraced financier and convicted enactment offender.
The comments came erstwhile Trump was asked if helium wanted 1 authoritative to look into the wide taxable of governmental prosecution.
"Well, I deliberation it's successful the lawsuit of Epstein, they've already looked astatine it, and they are looking astatine it, and I deliberation each they person to bash is enactment retired thing credible," Trump said.
"But you know, that was tally by the Biden medication for 4 years. I tin ideate what they enactment into files, conscionable similar they did with the others," Trump continued. "I mean, the Steele dossier was a full fake, right? It took 2 years to fig that retired for the people, and each of the things that you mentioned were fake."
"So I would ideate if they were tally by Chris Wray and they were tally by Comey, and due to the fact that it was really adjacent earlier that administration, they've been moving these files, and truthful overmuch of the things that we recovered were fake with me," Trump said.
President Donald Trump is seen leaving aft signing the "Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act," during a ceremonial successful the East Room of the White House, July 16, 2025, successful Washington.
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Despite Trump's claims that Democrats "put" things successful the files, galore documents relating to Epstein, including those that notation Trump and respective salient Democrats, person been nationalist for years.
And the White House connected Thursday unopen down the thought of appointing a peculiar authoritative successful the Epstein case.
"The thought was floated from idiosyncratic successful the media to the president. The president would not urge a peculiar authoritative successful the Epstein case. That's however helium feels," White House property caput Karoline Leavitt told reporters astatine the briefing.
Asked to clarify what portion of the Epstein saga is simply a "hoax" arsenic Trump claimed, Leavitt lone continued to knock Democrats.
"The president is referring to the information that Democrats person present seized connected this arsenic if they ever wanted transparency erstwhile it comes to Jeffrey Epstein, which is an asinine proposition for immoderate Democrat to make," she said. "The Democrats had power of this building, the White House, for 4 years, and they didn't bash a dang happening erstwhile it came to transparency successful regards to Jeffrey Epstein and his heinous crimes."
White House property caput Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters successful the James Brady Press Briefing Room astatine the White House, July 17, 2025, successful Washington.
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Epstein was arrested successful 2019 and died successful situation portion awaiting proceedings connected sex-trafficking charges portion Trump was president. A reappraisal by the Justice Department and FBI recovered nary alleged "client list" and confirmed Epstein died by termination successful prison.
The little memo enactment retired by the DOJ and FBI past week stoked furor among Trump's diehard supporters aft years of salient right-wing figures pushing accusations astir Epstein and the "deep state" that's protecting elites.
Trump's since sought assorted ways to enactment retired the governmental firestorm, coming to Bondi's defence portion besides saying she should merchandise what she deems "credible."
Now, he's shifted to calling the Epstein files a "hoax" and those Republican supporters who are questioning his administration's handling of it arsenic "stupid" and "foolish."
"Some of the naive Republicans autumn close into line, similar they ever do," the president said connected "Just the News."
Calls for transparency connected Epstein came from respective Republicans connected Capitol Hill connected Wednesday. And Trump's ain erstwhile vice president, Mike Pence, called for the medication to "release each of the files" regarding the Epstein investigation.
Leavitt connected Thursday defended the administration's handling of the Epstein files and attempted to region Trump from further decision-making connected the case.
Leavitt said it would beryllium up to the Justice Department and Bondi merchandise immoderate different "credible" evidence.
“In presumption of redactions oregon expansive assemblage seals, those are questions for the Department of Justice. Those are besides questions for the judges who person that accusation nether a seal. And that would person to beryllium requested and justice would person to o.k. it. That's retired of the president's control,” she said erstwhile asked wherefore they wouldn’t merchandise the files, with delicate accusation redacted, successful bid to supply much transparency.
