() U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday asked a federal court to unseal transcripts from the grand jury that was investigating sex offender Jeffrey Epstein prior to his death in jail.
Although such records are typically kept secret, Bondi asked in her motion that the New York Southern District federal court make an exception, while protecting the identities of victims, given the “extensive public interest” in the case. Earlier this month, the Department of Justice and FBI concluded evidence did not support investigating “uncharged third parties,” Bondi noted, a conclusion she said she still supports.
The effective closing of the Epstein case has created a rift within the political base that supports President Donald Trump. Conspiracy theories have abounded about the contents of records that have not been made public.
