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Bondi says Epstein client list ‘sitting on my desk right now,’ but Americans are still skeptical

February 22, 2025 | | Print Article

The attorney general gave an update on the whereabouts of Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous client list that suggested it was time to “buckle up.”

Upon his return to the White House, President Donald Trump had more than merely promised to offer transparency as he ordered the declassification of the files on the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, New York Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Friday, Attorney General Pam Bondi joined Fox News where she told “America Reports” that the deceased convicted sex offender’s client list was “on my desk right now to review.”

Near the end of an interview from outside the White House detailing the current state of the Justice Department, co-host John Roberts had asked Bondi, “I saw your appearance at CPAC with Ben [Ferguson] and with [Texas Sen.] Ted Cruz, and one of the things that you alluded to, and this is something Donald Trump has talked about, the DOJ may be releasing the list of Jeffrey Epstein’s clients. Will that really happen?”

“It’s sitting on my desk right now to review.,” she explained. “That’s been a directive by President Trump. I’m reviewing that. I’m reviewing JFK files, MLK files. That’s all in the process of being reviewed because that was done at the directive of the president from all of these agencies.”

“So have you seen anything there where you’ve said, ‘Oh my gosh!'” Roberts went on to ask leading the nation’s top cop to reply, “Not yet.”

Similarly, she had told commentator Benny Johnson at CPAC that there were a “lot of documents” to review and “Donald Trump doesn’t make empty promises.”

In addition to Bondi, the members of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability had formed a task force with Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna in charge of efforts at declassification and transparency.

“This will be a relentless pursuit of truth and transparency, and we will not stop until the American people have the answers they deserve,” she’d said at a press conference. “We will cut through the bureaucracy, challenge the stonewalling, and ensure that the American people finally get the truth that they have been denied for too long.”

During that same announcement, Luna had dropped a bombshell about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, contending based on evidence that she’d seen that “there were two shooters, and we should be finding more information as we are able to.”

Along with efforts at transparency, Bondi continued following the president’s directive to end weaponization by the federal government and fired the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) chief legal counsel Pamela Hicks on Thursday.

“I was served official notice from the Attorney General of the United States that I was being removed,” Hicks had posted on LinkedIn. “Serving as ATF Chief Counsel has been the highest honor of my career and working with people at ATF and throughout the Department has been a pleasure. I thank my colleagues for their friendship and partnership over the years.”

Speaking about the termination during her appearance on “America Reports,” the attorney general had said, “These people were targeting gun owners. Not gonna happen under this administration.”

A source detailed that Hicks had been escorted out of the building following her termination, ATF told Fox News Digital, “ATF respects the rights of all our employees. As a general policy, ATF does not comment on personnel matters, including but not limited to, specific personnel issues, actions, or the existence of ongoing investigations.”

Meanwhile, anticipation about the Epstein list and who may or may not have traveled to his island aboard the “Lolita Express” had some suggesting the announcements meant little if they weren’t coordinated with arrests.

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