Some of Trump’s most staunch supporters in recent weeks have called on Bondi to resign, after she back-tracked on a promise she made earlier this year that the department would release additional materials including “a lot of names” and “a lot of flight logs” in connection with Epstein’s clients.
After releasing only a select number of records that failed to shed new light on the case, the department and the FBI released a joint memo earlier this month that poured cold water on long-running conspiracy theories about Epstein by saying there was “no incriminating client list” or any evidence of blackmail.
Since then, at Trump’s direction, Bondi and Blanche have asked a federal court for permission to unseal grand jury transcripts in the cases of both Epstein and Maxwell, who was convicted in 2021 of five federal charges related to her role in Epstein’s alleged sexual abuse of underage girls.
However, legal experts including one of Epstein’s former attorneys, Alan Dershowitz, have said that those transcripts will not likely contain the types of materials being sought by Trump’s supporters.
A judge could also deny the request.
In an interview on Fox News Sunday, Dershowitz called on the Justice Department to release other materials such as FBI reports of interviews with Epstein’s victims.
He also urged the government to grant Maxwell immunity so that she could potentially testify before Congress about Epstein’s crimes.
