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What did Pam Bondi say about the Epstein Files?

The US Attorney General was grilled about the alleged files which appear to no longer exist.

The US Attorney General was grilled about the alleged files which appear to no longer exist.
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Joe Brennan
Born in Leeds, Joe finished his Spanish degree in 2018 before becoming an English teacher to football (soccer) players and managers, as well as collaborating with various football media outlets in English and Spanish. He joined AS in 2022 and covers both the men’s and women’s game across Europe and beyond.
Update:

Illinois Senator Dick Durbin had Pam Bondi against the ropes in a Senate hearing when he quizzed her on the Republican party’s inconsistent messaging regarding the Epstein Files.

Back in February, Pam Bondi had publicly promised to release the Epstein “client list” which was, in her words, “sitting” on her desk. However, after rumours swirled that president Donald Trump’s name featured heavily, she spun a 180-degree turn on the idea that so many MAGA supporters had voted for before ludicrously claiming that no such list existed in the first place.

When questioned today by Senator Durbin, she responded that she was “yet to review” the documents relating to the case when she had made those comments before revealing that a July 6 memo made it clear that there was never an Epstein client list in the first place.

Bondi fails to answer question over Trump with half-naked girls

In a tense exchange, she replied: “Senator Durbin, I find it very interesting that you refused repeated Republican requests to release the Epstein flight logs in 2023 and 2024,” adding “Why did you fight for years? Why did you fight to not disclose the flight logs?”

Durbin responded saying that he did not refuse, but the Senator who had asked did not follow up on a request to put it in writing. When asked who gave the orders to flag records that contained Trump’s name, Bondi said: “I’m not going to discuss anything about that with you.”

Too much crazy? It gets even madder.

Sheldon Whitehouse, a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, asked Bondi if “Epstein showed people photos of President Trump with half-naked young women,” asking whether or not “the FBI found those photographs in their search of Jeffrey Epstein’s safe or premises, or otherwise.”

Instead of answering the question, Bondi decided to hit out at Whitehouse, asking why he was “grilling” her. Bondi was asked again and simply stayed silent.

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