Bondi Ripped for Lying as She Claimed All Epstein Files Have Been Released

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said it has released all files required under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, but lawmakers argue the release is insufficient.

Millions of new files relating to the late sex offender Epstein were released earlier this month. (Photo: Gage Skidmore Flickr)

A letter sent to members of Congress on Saturday by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and her deputy said all documents held by the DOJ had been released, Grace Eliza Godwin reported for BBC News.

Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, who co-wrote the law, called on the DOJ to also release internal memos outlining past decisions on whether to charge Jeffrey Epstein and his associates.

Millions of new files relating to the late sex offender Epstein were released earlier this month.

At the time, the deputy attorney general said 3 million pages were not released due to the existence of personal medical files, graphic depictions of child abuse, or other material that would jeopardize investigations, Todd Blanche said during the document release.

In an interview on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday, Massie argued that even though the DOJ “wants to say they are done with this document production,” there are more crucial files that should be released.

The DOJ was “citing deliberative process privilege in order not to release some of the documents,” he said.

“The problem with that is the bill that Ro Khanna and I wrote says they must release internal memos, notes, and emails about their decisions on whether to prosecute or not prosecute, whether to investigate or not investigate.”

In response to the letter, California Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna, who co-wrote the Epstein Files Transparency Act, accused the DOJ of “purposefully muddying the waters on who was a predator and who was mentioned in an email.”

He added: “To have Janis Joplin, who died when Epstein was 17, on the same list as Larry Nassar, who went to prison for the sexual abuse of hundreds of young women and child pornography, with no clarification of how either was mentioned in the files, is absurd.”

Khanna demanded: “Release the full files. Stop protecting predators. Redact only the survivors’ names.”