White House, Jeffrey Epstein and Congress
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The White House responded after the Wall Street Journal reported that Pam Bondi told Trump his name was in the Epstein files.
The White House is not denying that President Donald Trump's name appears in the files associated with financier Jeffrey Epstein, an administration official told Reuters on Wednesday.
Any time I say anything about Epstein, they’re like, ‘Why didn’t Joe Biden’s — why didn’t Joe Biden release the files?’ And this is what I say: Have you met Merrick Garland?” Tanden
The White House is dismissing a report that President Trump was told back in May that his name was among the "truckload" of people in the Epstein files. Meanwhile, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is meeting right now with convicted Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.
The Wall Street Journal's report that the Justice Department informed Donald Trump in May about his name being in the Epstein files is a continuation of "fake news stories" against the U.S. president,
Sen. Dick Durbin says around 1,000 FBI agents were told to flag any Jeffrey Epstein records that mention President Trump.
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) called on the Trump administration Thursday to brief senators behind closed doors on the Jeffrey Epstein files, escalating lawmakers’ confrontation with President Donald Trump over his refusal to make the files public.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi told President Donald Trump in May that his name appeared in Justice Department files about Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender who died in prison, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday,