Bondi Sidesteps Questions on Epstein Files as DOJ Faces Pressure Over Transparency

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Pam Bon­di faced mount­ing scruti­ny on Wednes­day after repeat­ed­ly avoid­ing direct ques­tions about the long-await­ed release of the Epstein files dur­ing a press con­fer­ence in Wash­ing­ton.

Pressed by reporters on when the Depart­ment of Jus­tice would dis­close addi­tion­al doc­u­ments — and whether any mate­r­i­al would be with­held due to a new fed­er­al inves­ti­ga­tion — Bon­di offered only a famil­iar line: the DOJ would “con­tin­ue to fol­low the law with max­i­mum trans­paren­cy.” She did not pro­vide a time­line, nor did she clar­i­fy what infor­ma­tion might be exclud­ed.

The renewed inter­est comes after Con­gress over­whelm­ing­ly vot­ed to release the Epstein files, a move wide­ly embraced across par­ty lines. Still, uncer­tain­ty remains about what the pub­lic will actu­al­ly see and how soon it will be made avail­able.

A New Investigation Raises Questions

Bon­di recent­ly appoint­ed Man­hat­tan U.S. Attor­ney Jay Clay­ton to lead a new inquiry into Epstein’s con­nec­tions to polit­i­cal oppo­nents of for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump — an assign­ment crit­ics say was influ­enced by pres­i­den­tial pres­sure.

The move con­tra­dicts a July DOJ memo that stat­ed author­i­ties had found no evi­dence “that could pred­i­cate an inves­ti­ga­tion against uncharged third par­ties.” Asked whether the lat­est probe con­flicts with pre­vi­ous find­ings, Bon­di insist­ed the review was trig­gered by “new infor­ma­tion” but declined to elab­o­rate.

FBI Adds Former Olympian to Most Wanted List

In a sep­a­rate announce­ment Thurs­day, the FBI revealed that for­mer Cana­di­an Olympic snow­board­er Ryan Wed­ding, 43, has been added to its Ten Most Want­ed list.

Author­i­ties describe Wed­ding as the alleged mas­ter­mind of a sprawl­ing inter­na­tion­al drug-traf­fick­ing net­work linked to mul­ti­ple mur­ders. The U.S. State Depart­ment has issued a $15 mil­lion reward for infor­ma­tion lead­ing to his arrest.

“Ryan Wed­ding has orches­trat­ed mur­ders against his rivals, against coop­er­at­ing wit­ness­es, against any­body that cross­es his path,” said Akil Davis, Assis­tant Direc­tor of the FBI’s Los Ange­les Field Office.