{"efta_number": "EFTA00173350", "page_count": 5, "url": "https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00173350", "pdf_url": "https://epstein-data.com/pdf/EFTA00173350.pdf", "pages": [{"efta_number": "EFTA00173350", "page_number": 0, "text_content": "United *tatcs *matt \nCOMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY \nWASHINGTON. DC 20510-6275 \nJuly 18, 2025 \nThe Honorable Pam Bondi \nAttorney General \nU.S. Department of Justice \n950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW \nWashington, DC 20530 \nDear Attorney General Bondi: \nOn July 7, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) \nreleased an unsigned memorandum regarding the Trump Administration's \"exhaustive review of \ninvestigative holdings relating to Jeffrey Epstein.\" This memorandum made two official findings: \n(1) \"[t]his systemic review revealed no incriminating `client list\"; and (2) \"[a]fter a thorough \ninvestigation, FBI investigators concluded that Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide in his cell at \nthe Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City on August 10, 2019.\"' \nThe first finding directly contradicts public statements you have repeatedly made. On \nFebruary 21, 17 days after your confirmation as Attorney General, you were asked directly by \nFox News' America Reports host John Roberts: \"DOJ may be releasing the list ofJeffrey \nEpstein's clients; will that really happen?\"' Your response was: \"It's sitting on my desk right now \nto review.\" On February 27, you released binders of documents related to Epstein to \nconservative influencers and commentators,' but despite the major media event the White House \nstaged around this release, these files were largely already publicly available? After intense \nblowback from this incident, you appeared on another Fox News show, Life Liberty Levin, and \nclaimed that a \"whistleblower\" told you that \"New York SDNY [was] sitting on thousands of \npages of documents\"; that \"we will get everything\"; that you were \"assured\" there was more; and \nthat the country would eventually see \"the full Epstein files.' \n1 Memorandum from Dep't of Justice and Fed. Bureau of Investigation on Review of Investigative Holdings \nRelating to Jeffrey Epstein (Jul. 7, 2025), available at https://www.justice.gov/opatmedia/1407001/dl?inline \n[hereinafter July 7 memorandum]. \nHaley Chi-Sing, Bondi says Epstein client list 'sitting on my desk right now 'and is reviewing JFK, MLK files, FOX \nNEWS (Feb. 21, 2025), https://www.foznews.com/politics/bondi-says-epstein-client-list-sitting-my-desk-right-now-\nreviewing-jflc-mlk-files. \n3 Id. \n4 Press Release, DOJ, Attorney General Pamela Bondi Releases First Phase of Declassified Epstein Files (Feb. 27, \n2025), available at httpslAvww.justice.gov/opa/priattorney-general-pamela-bondi-releases-first-phase-declassified-\nepstein-files. \ns Anna Durkin Richer & Michael R. Sisak, No new bombshells in Justice Department's release ofJeffrey Epstein \nfiles, AP (Feb. 27, 2025), https://apnews.corniarticle/jeffrey-epstein-files-pam-bondi-trump-\n1 a6a(3 e9fa I cfb6d267985a971a4929a. \n6 Life Liberty Levin, Pam Bondi on stonewalled Epstein files: We will get everything, FOX NEWS (Feb. 27, 2025), \nhttps://www.foznews.cornivideo/6369422747I I2?msockid=01561c16(5d864072e93086ff44c65df; see also \nElizabeth Crisp, Bondi says she was misled on Epstein documents, THE HILL (Mar. 3, 2025), \nhttps://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5172660-attomey-general-pam-bondi-epstein-files. \nEFTA00173350\n", "char_count": 3196}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00173350", "page_number": 1, "text_content": "According to information my office received, you then pressured the FBI to put \napproximately 1,000 personnel in its Information Management Division (IMD), including the \nRecord/Information Dissemination Section (RIDS), which handles all requests submitted by the \npublic under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act, on 24-hour shifts to \nreview approximately 100,000 Epstein-related records in order to produce more documents that \ncould then be released on an arbitrarily short deadline. This effort, which reportedly took place \nfrom March 14 through the end of March, was haphazardly supplemented by hundreds of FBI \nNew York Field Office personnel, many of whom lacked the expertise to identify statutorily-\nprotected information regarding child victims and child witnesses or properly handle FOIA \nrequests. \nMy office was told that these personnel were instructed to \"flag\" any records in which \nPresident Trump was mentioned. Notably, in 2002, Mr. Trump said of Mr. Epstein, \"I've known \nJeff for 15 years. Terrific guy, He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful \nwomen as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.\"7 Just yesterday, it was \nreported that the Department previously reviewed a \"leather-bound album\" comprised of dozens \nof letters from Mr. Epstein's friends in celebration of his 50th birthday in 2003.8 The letters were \ncollected by Mr. Epstein's partner Ghislaine Maxwell and included one from President Trump \nthat allegedly \"contains several lines of typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman, \nwhich appears to be hand-drawn with a heavy marker ... and the future president's signature is a \nsquiggly `Donald' below her waist.\"9\nDespite tens of thousands of personnel hours reviewing and re-reviewing these Epstein-\nrelated records over the course of two weeks in March, it took DOJ more than three additional \nmonths to officially find there is \"no incriminating `client list,'\" and the memorandum with this \nfinding includes no mention of the whistleblower or additional documents, the existence of \nwhich you publicly claimed on February 27. \nThe second finding in the July 7 memorandum does not contradict any official statement \nfrom DOJ and accords with the DOJ Inspector General's investigation into the Bureau of \nPrisons' custody of Jeffrey Epstein.10 However, public skepticism of the government's \ntransparency in this matter has been needlessly increased due to your release of surveillance \nvideo from outside of Jeffrey Epstein's cell in the hours leading up to his death, which the July 7 \nmemorandum described as \"full raw\" footage;\" in fact, the footage was likely modified, \naccording to the metadata embedded in the video.'2\n7 Landon Thomas, Jr., Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery', N.Y. MAG (Oct. 28, 2002), \nhttps://nymag.com/nyrnetrolnews/people/n_7912. \nKhadeeja Safdar & Joe Palazzolo, Jeffrey Epstein's Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album. \nOne Was From Donald Trump, WALL ST. J. (July 17, 2025), https://wunv.wsj.corn/politics/trump-jeffrey•epstein-\nbirthday-letter-we-have-certain-things-in-common-f9 I 8d796. \n9 /d. \nw See generally, DEP'T OF JUSTICE, OFF. OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, INVESTIGATION AND REVIEW OF THE \nFEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS' CUSTODY, CARE, AND SUPERVISION OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN AT THE METROPOLITAN \nCORRECTIONAL CENTER IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK (JUT). 2023), available at \nhttps://oigjustice.gov/sites/default/files/reports/23-085.pdf. \n11 July 7 memorandum at 2. \nrx Dhruv Mehrotra, The FBI's Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Had Nearly 3 Minutes Cut Out, WIRED (Jul. 15, 2025), \nhttps://www.wired.corn/story/the-fbis-jeffrey-epsteinprison-video-had-nearly-3-minutes-cut-out; Dhruv Mehrotra, \n2 \nEFTA00173351\n", "char_count": 3784}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00173350", "page_number": 2, "text_content": "Given the serious questions about the veracity of your public statements regarding the \nEpstein-related records in DOJ's possession and the effect those questions are having on the \npublic's ability to trust DOJ's July 7 finding that there is \"no incriminating `client list,'\" I ask \nthat you provide the following information and materials no later than August 1, 2025. \n1. Have you personally reviewed all files in DOJ's possession related to Jeffrey Epstein? \n2. The records DOJ released on February 27 did not include a client list. Why did you \npublicly claim on February 21 that the client list was \"sitting on my desk right now to \nreview\"? \na. If it was not a client list, what was \"sitting on your desk\" at that moment? \n3. Please provide the names and titles of the Department ethics officials with whom you \nconsulted on your potential conflict of interest in this matter and any records or \nmaterials related to this consultation. \n4. When did the whistleblower disclose to you that thousands of pages of additional \nEpstein-related records existed? \na. Through what process did the whistleblower make this disclosure to you? \nb. Was the whistleblower's disclosure provided to Congress or the DOJ Office of \nInspector General (OIG)? If no, please transmit a copy of the disclosure to the \nCommittee and the CHG. \nc. Did DOJ identify additional documents based on the whistleblower's \ndisclosure? \n5. Aside from the negative backlash you received over the February 27 record release, \nwhat was the purpose of placing almost 1,000 FBI IMD personnel on 24-hour shifts \nto review Epstein-related records over the course of a two-week period in March? \n6. Who made the decision to reassign hundreds of New York Field Office personnel to \nthis March review of Epstein-related records? \n7. Why were personnel told to flag records in which President Trump was mentioned? \na. Please list all political appointees and senior DOJ officials involved in the \ndecision to flag records in which President Trump was mentioned. \nb. What happened to the records mentioning President Trump once they were \nflagged? \nMetadata Shows the FBI's 'Raw'Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Was Likely Modified, WIRED (Jul. II, 2025), \nhttps://www.wired.corn/story/metadata-shows-the-dojs-raw-jeffrerepsteinprison-video-was-likely-modified. \n3 \nEFTA00173352\n", "char_count": 2335}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00173350", "page_number": 3, "text_content": "c. Is there a log of the records mentioning President Trump? If yes, please \ntransmit a copy of the log to the Committee and the O1G. \n8. Did personnel review any correspondence to Mr. Epstein, including letters compiled \nin a \"leather-bound album\" as part of this year's review? \na. Did personnel review any correspondence between President Trump and Mr. \nEpstein, including a letter in the reported \"leather-bound album\" as part of this \nyear's review? \n9. Why is the July 7 memorandum making the two official findings regarding Jeffrey \nEpstein unsigned by any DOJ or FBI officials? \n10. Please describe in detail the process that occurred in the three-month period between \nApril and the July 7 memorandum, after the March review of documents, that led to \nthe findings in the July 7 memorandum. \n11. Please list all political appointees and senior DOJ officials involved in the review of \nthe Epstein-related records since February 2025. \n12. Please list all political appointees and senior DOJ officials involved in the drafting of \nthe July 7 memorandum. \n13. Why does the July 7 memorandum describe the surveillance footage as \"full raw\" \nwhen it was modified? \na. Please describe in detail all of the modifications made to the \"full raw\" \nsurveillance footage before its publication. \nI look forward to your full and immediate responses to these questions. Prompt attention \nto this important matter is crucial to understanding the truth and preventing this Administration's \nactions from causing greater harm. \nSincerely, \n;Ott. )\n24/41-1--\n/ \nRichard J. Durbin \nRanking Member \ncc: \nThe Honorable Charles E. Grassley \nChairman, Senate Committee on the Judiciary \n4 \nEFTA00173353\n", "char_count": 1690}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00173350", "page_number": 4, "text_content": "From: \n)1O.1 fornmnnntionce (5M03 \nTo: \npolfworear (OM \nSubject: \nFW: Letter to AG Bondi from 53C RM Durbin - 7/18/25 \nDate: \nFriday, July 18, 2025 12:34:06 PM \nAttachments: \n7025-07-1R R in I eltor M AG Bondi re Fostoinali \nPlease assign to OLA \n, thank you. \nBest, \nOffice of Legislative Affairs \nU.S. Department of Justice \nFrom: Kobayashi, Veda (Judiciary-Dem)\nSent: Friday, July 18, 2025 12:21 PM \nTo: DOJ Correspondence (SMO)\nCc: JudDem Durbin Oversight \nSubject: [EXTERNAL) Letter to AG Bondi from SJC RM Durbin - 7/18/25 \nHello, \nAttached, please find a letter from Ranking Member Durbin to AG Bondi. Can you please \nconfirm receipt? \nThanks! \nBest, \nVeda E. Kobayashi I she/her \nProfessional Staff Member \nSenate Committee on the Judiciary \nRanking Member Richard J. Durbin (D-IL) \nEFTA00173354\n", "char_count": 804}]}