Bondi testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday.
Key Facts
Bondi has faced bipartisan criticism since the Justice Department said in July it would not release details of its probe into Epstein, despite repeated promises from Trump on the campaign trail to do so.
Bondi did not answer directly when asked (by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.) if the FBI found photographs of Trump “with half-naked young women” that Epstein allegedly showed people, if her agency planned to probe Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick about his recent allegations that Epstein had blackmailed people (by Sen. John Kennedy, R-La.) or when asked (by Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill.) who ordered the DOJ to note anything related to Trump while reviewing the documents related to its Epstein investigation.
Bondi instead frequently attacked her questioners, accusing Whitehouse, of “taking money from one of Epstein’s closest confidants,” apparently referring to campaign donations from LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, who raised money from Epstein on behalf of the M.I.T. Media Lab.
She also refused to say whether she knew anything about Lutnick’s recent comments in the New York Post calling Epstein “the greatest blackmailer ever,” despite Bondi saying previously there was no evidence Epstein blackmailed anyone: “If Howard Lutnick wants to speak to the F.
