"Acceding to President Donald Trump's demands, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday that she has ordered a top federal prosecutor to investigate sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's ties to Trump political foes, including former President Bill Clinton. Bondi posted on X that she was assigning Manhattan U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton to lead the probe, capping an eventful week in which congressional Republicans released nearly 23,000 pages of documents from Epstein's estate and House Democrats seized on emails mentioning Trump."
"None of the men he mentioned in a social media post demanding the probe has been accused of sexual misconduct by any of Epstein's victims. Hours before Bondi's announcement, Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that he would ask her, the Justice Department and the FBI to investigate Epstein's "involvement and relationship" with Clinton and others, including former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and LinkedIn founder and Democratic donor Reid Hoffman."
"Trump, calling the matter "the Epstein Hoax, involving Democrats, not Republicans," said the investigation should also include financial giant JPMorgan Chase, which provided banking services to Epstein, and "many other people and institutions." "This is another Russia, Russia, Russia Scam, with all arrows pointing to the Democrats," the Republican president wrote, referring to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of alleged Russian interference in Trump's 2016 election victory over Bill Clinton's wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton."
Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered a Manhattan federal prosecutor to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's ties to political figures named by President Donald Trump, including former President Bill Clinton. Bondi assigned Manhattan U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton to lead the probe after congressional Republicans released nearly 23,000 pages of estate documents and House Democrats highlighted emails mentioning Trump. Trump publicly called for investigations of Epstein's relationships with Clinton, Larry Summers, Reid Hoffman and financial institutions including JPMorgan Chase, while asserting authority as chief law enforcement officer. None of the men Trump named has been accused of sexual misconduct by Epstein's victims.
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