Trump’s call to release the Epstein files could get in the way of Bondi’s investigation
President Donald Trump has called for the Epstein files to be circulated in a stunning reversal that runs against his previously ordered political probe Trump took to Truth Social Sunday night urging House Republicans to vote to release the files and called the ever-worsening outrage a Democrat Hoax perpetrated by Radical Left Lunatics As I revealed on Friday night aboard Air Force One to the Fake News Media House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files because we have nothing to hide Trump wrote The announcement may interfere with his marching orders from Friday when he directed the Justice Department to conduct an examination into prominent Democrats detected in the Epstein files Related Of unit he knew about the girls New emails reveal Trump spent hours at Epstein s house Trump ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday to investigate Jeffrey Epstein s involvement and relationship with former President Bill Clinton and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers Trump previously mentioned that Democrats not Republicans were in league with Epstein and claimed that all arrows are pointing to the Democrats Speaking with reporters on Air Force One later that day Trump defended the move I m the chief law enforcement officer of the country he revealed I m allowed to do it Bondi commented the Justice Department would pursue the probe with urgency and integrity in a post on X Thank you Mr President Bondi wrote Trump s about-face seems to undermine his former strategy of refocusing attention on Democrats It comes after months of refusing to address the Epstein files as anything other than a hoax Start your day with essential news from Salon Sign up for our free morning newsletter Crash Class Following a widely-panned memo from the DOJ this past summer Trump came under intense scrutiny for his administration s handling of the Epstein files Trump grew increasingly incredulous over being questioned about Epstein referring to members of his base demanding answers as selfish people and weaklings Trump continued to refer to the outrage as a hoax and blamed Radical Left Democrats and just plain troublemakers for his administration s woes at one point pivoting to unfounded conspiracy theories about former President Barack Obama which resulted in a short-lived grand jury probe After a September press conference conducted by Epstein survivors and politicians Trump called the disgrace irrelevant and a Democrat hoax that never ends Even after a flurry of emails were issued last week involving him and Epstein Trump called them a deflection by Democrats saying the emails were part of the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax House Speaker Mike Johnson has mentioned that the House will vote this week on a bill to release the Epstein files Plenty of House Republicans planning to vote in favor of the bill drew the ire of Trump who referred to them as soft and foolish Read more about this topic Epstein survivors to Congress It s time to bring the secrets out of the shadows Emails Jeffrey Epstein offered to give Russia insight into Trump Trump hangs up on CNN when confronted with new Epstein photos You ve got to be kidding me The post Trump s call to release the Epstein files could get in the way of Bondi s review appeared first on Salon com
