Attorney General Pam Bondi informed President Donald Trump in the spring that his name appeared in Jeffrey Epstein's files, according to three people with knowledge of the exchange, as reported by The New York Times.
The disclosure came as part of a broader briefing on the re-examination of the case against Epstein, who died in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, by FBI agents and prosecutors. Bondi made the revelation during a meeting that also included Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and covered various topics.
Bondi frequently meets with Trump to brief him on various matters, officials said. Both Bondi and Blanche previously served as lawyers for Trump before their current government roles.
The attorney general and deputy attorney general informed the president that his name, along with those of other high-profile figures, had surfaced in their re-examination of documents connected to the case that had not previously been made public.
The significance of the references to Trump remains unclear. However, the briefing highlights private West Wing discussions that are occurring as the president's team desperately attempts to move forward and quell the rebellion among Trump supporters who feel that he and some senior appointees misled them with campaign claims about making the files available.
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Trump's top two FBI appointees were among those who, before assuming their government roles, insisted that more remained to be uncovered in the files. Earlier this year, Bondi described the files as containing significant material that requires thorough review.
Trump has already appeared in documents related to the investigation that have been made public. He maintained a friendship with Epstein until what Trump has described as a falling-out in the early 2000s.
At the White House in February, Bondi distributed several binders containing the Epstein files, which included, among others, the phone numbers of some of the president's family members, including his daughter.
"As part of our routine briefing, we made the president aware of the findings," Bondi and Blanche wrote in a statement responding to questions about the briefing, which took place in May. "Nothing in the files warranted further investigation or prosecution," The New York Times reported.
