{"id":1053931,"date":"2025-07-07T13:22:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T17:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1053931"},"modified":"2025-07-07T13:22:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T17:22:58","slug":"shot-chaser-trumps-attorney-general-claims-theres-no-epstein-client-list-five-months-after-saying-its-sitting-on-her-desk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/shot-chaser-trumps-attorney-general-claims-theres-no-epstein-client-list-five-months-after-saying-its-sitting-on-her-desk\/","title":{"rendered":"SHOT\/CHASER: Trump\u2019s Attorney General Claims There\u2019s No Epstein Client List Five Months After Saying It\u2019s Sitting on Her Desk\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SHOT: Five months ago, Donald Trump\u2019s Attorney General Pam Bondi said she had Epstein\u2019s client list on her desk.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/factpostnews\/status\/1942049066537386407\">Pam Bondi<\/a>: \u201c[Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s client list is] sitting on my desk right now to review. That\u2019s been a directive by President Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CHASER: \u2026 but now, Bondi\u2019s Justice Department is claiming there is no Epstein list and no \u201cfurther disclosure\u201d of Epstein-related material \u201cwould be appropriate or warranted.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/07\/07\/jeffrey-epstein-suicide-client-list-trump-administration\">Axios<\/a>: <strong>\u201cDOJ, FBI conclude Epstein had no \u2018client list,\u2019&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cStill, the questions about whether Trump\u2019s name is in the government\u2019s Epstein files have persisted because they had been acquaintances who attended the same parties in the 1990s.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn a 2017 interview with author Michael Wolff, <strong>Epstein even claimed that at one point he was \u2018Donald Trump\u2019s closest friend.\u2019 \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDemocrats, meanwhile, have demanded to know more about the Epstein-Trump relationship. \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cThe DOJ and FBI say in the memo that no \u2018further disclosure\u2019 of Epstein-related material \u2018would be appropriate or warranted.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5387380-elon-musk-trump-jeffrey-epstein\/\">The Hill<\/a>: \u201cTech billionaire Elon Musk trolled President Trump early Monday with a post knocking the administration for making no arrests related to the Jeffrey Epstein case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cMusk, Trump\u2019s former ally-turned-foe, posted an image to his social platform X of \u2018The Official Jeffrey Epstein Pedophile Arrest Counter,\u2019 set to \u20180000.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2018What\u2019s the time? Oh look, it\u2019s no-one-has-been-arrested-o\u2019clock again \u2026,\u2019 Musk captioned the photo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/jun\/05\/trump-elon-musk-fallout\">Elon Musk<\/a>:<strong> \u201cTime to drop the really big bomb: Donald Trump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SHOT: Five months ago, Donald Trump\u2019s Attorney General Pam Bondi said she had Epstein\u2019s client list on her desk. Pam Bondi: \u201c[Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s client list is] sitting on my desk right now to review. 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