Attorney General Pam Bondi reported US President Donald Trump in May that his name appeared to Epstein filessources told CNN.
At the time, Bondi was reviewing the documents related to the case of.
The conversation, which also included vice-attorney general Todd Blanche, was characterized by two White House employees as a “Routine Briefing” on conclusions from the Justice Department.
At this meeting, Bondi also stated that several names of high profile figures were also mentioned in the report, and that the investigators found no evidence of a “customer list” call.
Bondi detailed that the department found no evidence that refuting that Epstein died from suicide, sources said.
The sources familiar with the analysis of the department said the archives seemed to include several unfounded allegations that the Justice Department considered not being reliable, including information related to Trump.
Also, it was not clear in what context the name of.
Like many high -power people in New York of the 1990s, Trump was an Epstein associate who worked to cultivate celebrities to polish his business.
The revelation that your name appears in documents little advances prior knowledge about your connections to the late sexual aggressor.
What the White House says
The Trump government said it was not surprised by the president’s mention in the Epstein archives. According to an employee of the White House, many of the materials already released by.
“The White House does not see it as innovative, new or surprising,” said the employee, adding that there is no evidence that Trump is involved in any irregularity.
“The fact is that the president expelled him [Epstein] of your club, “said White House Communications Director Steven Cheung, in a statement to CNN.
“This is nothing more than a continuation of the false news invented by the Democrats and the liberal media, as well as the scandal Obama, Russiagate, about which President Trump was right.”
The Wall Street Journal reported for the first time that Bondi reported Trump in May about his name to appear in the documents.
Revelations about the meeting contradict Trump’s latest denials that they told him that he was in the archives.
Pressured last week about if Bondi had told her he was quoted in the documents, he said, “No. No. She gave us only a very fast briefing.”
Reactions in the Maga Movement
Trump has struggled to contain weeks of reaction about the government’s decision not to disclose further documents related to Epstein’s investigation – a measure that enraged followers of the Maga (Make America Great Again) movement and placed the president in disagreement with some of his.
Within the White House, employees were outraged that Bondi did not have taken the name of Trump from publicly available materials contained in Epstein binders distributed to influencers in February, sources said.
Failure to protect the president during the episode has been a longstanding point of discord between the Justice Department (DOJ) and the White House.
The White House has ruled out the continuous focus on Epstein’s archives, arguing that he is diverting the attention of government’s achievements and helping Democrats’ efforts to harm the president.
But a growing and bipartisan chorus of legislators has since asked for full dissemination of the documents, forcing Republican leaders in the Capitol to shorten their legislative session to avoid a series of voting on the subject.
