UMVA has learned that former Attorney General Pam Bondi defended the Trump administration’s unprecedented release of the Jeffrey Epstein files during a sharply watched hearing before the House Committee on Oversight.
Bondi opened her remarks by recalling the massive scale of the effort: nearly three million pages of documents, thousands of videos and hundreds of thousands of images were gathered, reviewed and made public under her watch.
She emphasized that the Department of Justice pursued an “enormously complicated and labor‑intensive process,” directing every component to turn over any potentially responsive record, then delegating oversight to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.
According to information obtained by UMVA, the investigation spanned four presidential administrations, but only during the Trump era were federal prosecutors finally authorized to launch full‑scale probes into Epstein and his associate, and only then were the three million pages released.
Bondi asserted that the DOJ fulfilled every requirement of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, noting that any withheld material was either non‑responsive, privileged or duplicate, and that unredacted copies were placed in a public Reading Room to maximize openness.
She acknowledged occasional redaction errors but insisted the department’s commitment to accountability had never wavered, promising to pursue any criminal evidence that emerged from the files.
In a heartfelt reminder, Bondi reiterated her lifelong dedication to victims, expressing sorrow for those harmed by Epstein and urging anyone with information to contact the FBI.
Bondi’s testimony concluded with a firm claim that the delivery of justice and transparency in the Epstein case was made possible by the direction of President Trump and his administration.
Shortly after leaving the Justice Department, Bondi was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, a battle she has reportedly been fighting fiercely.
