Donald Trump was reportedly advised his identify seems in Epstein information; Democrats need Pam Bondi to testify

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi is dealing with Democratic calls to testify earlier than Congress following a newspaper’s revelation that she advised U.S. President Donald Trump that his identify appeared within the information of the Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking investigation.

The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday (July 23, 2025) that Ms. Bondi advised Mr. Trump his identify was amongst many high-profile figures talked about within the information, which the Justice Department this month mentioned it will not be releasing regardless of a clamor from on-line sleuths, conspiracy theorists and members of Mr. Trump’s base.

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Mr. Trump’s private ties to Epstein are well-established and his identify is already recognized to have been included in information associated to the rich financier, who died in jail in 2019 as he awaited trial on intercourse trafficking costs.

Senator Adam Schiff, a California Democrat, responded to the report by calling on Ms. Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel to look earlier than the Senate Judiciary Committee.

“We must deliver Bondi and Patel into the Judiciary Committee to testify about this now,” Mr. Schiff mentioned in a video posted on X.

The Justice Department declined to touch upon the report however issued a joint assertion from Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche saying that investigators had reviewed the information and “nothing within the information warranted additional investigation or prosecution.”

“As par of our routine briefing, we made the president conscious of the findings,” the assertion mentioned.

Implication of being talked about within the information

The mere inclusion of an individual’s identify in Epstein’s information doesn’t suggest wrongdoing and he was recognized to have been related to a number of outstanding figures, together with Mr. Trump.

Over the years, hundreds of pages of information have been launched by means of lawsuits, Epstein’s prison dockets, public disclosures and Freedom of Information Act requests.

They embody a 2016 deposition during which an accuser recounted she spent a number of hours with Epstein at Mr. Trump’s Atlantic City on line casino however did not say if she met Trump and didn’t accuse him of any wrongdoing.

Mr. Trump has additionally mentioned he as soon as thought Epstein was a “terrific man” however they later had a falling-out.

White House spokesman Steven Cheung on Wednesday mentioned the experiences had been “nothing greater than a continuation of the pretend information tales concocted by the Democrats and the liberal media.”