ATTORNEY General Pam Bondi has been slammed over the botched release of the Jeffrey Epstein files as hundreds of pages were heavily redacted and thousands more remain missing.
Despite much anticipation of the highly sought-after documents connected to the notorious pedophile, the trove of records failed to reveal any bombshell names.
Bondi teased that the hundreds of pages connected to Epstein would disclose “a lot of names and information.”
However, the long-awaited documents did not include any new details and the contents included in the records had been circulating for years.
Hundreds of pages appeared blacked out, and others did not include any new shocking details about Epstein’s sex trafficking case.
In a scathing letter to FBI Director Kash Patel, Bondi accused the federal agency’s New York field office of withholding thousands of pages connected to Epstein.
Bondi gave Patel a new deadline of 8 am on February 28 to hand over the documents to the Department of Justice.
The documents were expected to drop after a group of people were seen at the White House holding four white binders titled “The Epstein Files: Phase 1.”
But a letter posted on X by a conservative influencer on Thursday afternoon revealed the delay.
Bondi “repeatedly questioned” the full set of documents and whether there may be others in existence, she wrote in the letter.
“Late yesterday, I learned from a source that the FBI Field Office in New York was in possession of thousands of pages of documents related to the investigation and indictment of Epstein.
“Despite my repeated requests, the FBI never disclosed the existence of these files. When you and I spoke yesterday, you were just as surprised as I was to learn this new information,” Bondi wrote to Patel.
Along with requesting all Epstein files, Bondi also ordered an investigation into the FBI‘s handling of the documents.
Epstein, 66, was a wealthy financier who socialized with celebrities, royalty, and other high-profile individuals before his arrest in 2019 on federal sex trafficking charges in New York City.
Details about Epstein’s associates who visited his private island in the US Virgin Islands and flew on his private jet have been a pressing topic since his arrest and death.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have urged the Department of Justice to unseal any remaining documents related to Epstein’s federal sex trafficking case.