A few of Trump’s most staunch supporters in latest weeks have known as on Bondi to resign, after she back-tracked on a promise she made earlier this yr that the division would launch further supplies together with “plenty of names” and “plenty of flight logs” in reference to Epstein’s shoppers.
After releasing solely a choose variety of information that didn’t shed new mild on the case, the division and the FBI launched a joint memo earlier this month that poured chilly water on long-running conspiracy theories about Epstein by saying there was “no incriminating consumer listing” or any proof of blackmail.
Since then, at Trump’s course, Bondi and Blanche have requested a federal court docket for permission to unseal grand jury transcripts within the instances of each Epstein and Maxwell, who was convicted in 2021 of 5 federal fees associated to her position in Epstein’s alleged sexual abuse of underage ladies.
Nonetheless, authorized consultants together with certainly one of Epstein’s former attorneys, Alan Dershowitz, have stated that these transcripts won’t probably comprise the varieties of supplies being sought by Trump’s supporters.
A choose might additionally deny the request.
In an interview on Fox Information Sunday, Dershowitz known as on the Justice Division to launch different supplies reminiscent of FBI studies of interviews with Epstein’s victims.
He additionally urged the federal government to grant Maxwell immunity in order that she might probably testify earlier than Congress about Epstein’s crimes.
