在MAGA支持者的压力下，总统唐纳德·特朗普周二，美国司法部长帕姆·邦迪(Pam Bondi)表示，在杰弗里·爱泼斯坦(Jeffrey Epstein)一案中，她应该公布“她认为可信的任何信息”。
特朗普在离开白宫时对记者说，他已经收到了司法部和美国联邦调查局对爱普斯坦文件的审查的“非常快速的简报”。简报会是在上周DOJ和美国联邦调查局备忘录发布之前举行的。
审查发现，没有证据表明这位已故金融家保留了一份合伙人的“客户名单”，预计不会有进一步的指控。该部门还发布了数小时的镜头，作为其审查的一部分，官员们表示，这进一步证实了爱泼斯坦于2019年在曼哈顿的监狱牢房中被羁押时自杀身亡。
美国广播公司新闻的凯瑟琳·福尔德斯问总统，邦迪对他说了什么关于审查的事，“具体地说，她有没有告诉你你的名字出现在文件里?”
“不，不，她-她只是给了我们一个非常快速的简报，”特朗普回应道，然后毫无根据地声称这些文件是由他的一些政敌创建的。
特朗普说:“就他们所看到的不同事情的可信度而言，我要说，你知道，这些文件是科米编造的，是奥巴马编造的，是拜登编造的——你知道，我们和我们经历了多年的俄罗斯、俄罗斯、俄罗斯骗局，以及我们必须经历的所有不同事情。”
“我们已经经历了多年，但她处理得很好，这将取决于她，”特朗普谈到邦迪。“无论她认为什么是可信的，她都应该释放。”
当被问及特朗普对美国广播公司新闻的评论时，邦迪说，她还没有看到总统的评论，但补充说，DOJ和美国联邦调查局的备忘录“不言自明”
特朗普正面临他的MAGA基地对政府处理爱泼斯坦文件的愤怒。据美国广播公司报道，这也导致了他的政府内部的一些内讧，因为美国联邦调查局副主任丹·邦吉诺就此事与邦迪发生了激烈的冲突。
在要求她辞职的呼声中，邦迪周二挑衅地说:“只要总统希望我在这里，我就会在这里，我相信他已经说得很清楚了。”
当被问及她和邦吉诺之间的裂痕时，邦迪说她不会讨论人事问题。
她在美国缉毒署的一次活动上说:“我整个上午都和(美国联邦调查局)局长(Kash Patel)在一起，我们致力于保持美国的安全，让美国变得安全，与我们在缉毒署、美国联邦调查局、烟酒枪支管理局、美国执法官等方面令人难以置信的合作伙伴合作，尽我们所能让美国变得安全，这是我们关注的重点。”。
周二晚些时候，特朗普在从匹兹堡返回的途中对记者说，当他敦促支持者继续前进时，他为什么认为他的支持者对爱泼斯坦的故事如此感兴趣。
“我不明白——为什么他们会这么感兴趣。他已经死了很久了。就生活而言，他从来都不是一个重要的因素。我不明白有什么兴趣或者有什么魅力。我真的不知道，可靠的信息已经给出，”他说。
“但我不明白为什么会有人对杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的案子感兴趣。这是相当无聊的东西。这是肮脏的，但很无聊，我不明白为什么它会继续下去，”他补充道。“我认为真的只有非常坏的人，包括假新闻，才会想让这样的事情继续下去。但是可信的信息，让他们给吧。任何可信的东西，我都会说，让他们拥有它。”
特朗普在周末试图平息叛乱，他发布了一篇冗长的邦迪辩护，并敦促他的政府专注于其他优先事项。
但评论继续涌入，包括特朗普的一些顶级捍卫者警告说，这个问题不会消失，可能会对明年的中期选举产生影响。
总统的儿媳、福克斯新闻频道的主持人劳拉·川普(Lara Trump)周一告诉MAGA的影响者本尼·强森(Benny Johnson)，她认为政府在处理爱泼斯坦案件方面确实需要“更大的透明度”。
特朗普周二被问及对她的言论有何看法。
“司法部长处理得很好。她真的做得非常好，”特朗普说。“我想当你看到它的时候，你会明白的。我也想看那个。但我认为司法部长，可信度很重要。你想要可信的证据或类似的东西。我认为司法部长处理得很好。”
与此同时，在国会山，一些共和党议员表示对爱泼斯坦被定罪的合伙人吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦尔在国会作证感兴趣。
密苏里州共和党参议员乔希·霍利(Josh Hawley)说，他认为爱泼斯坦的一切都应该公开。
“我认为所有这些东西都应该公开，”霍利说。“我的意思是，我认为所有的所有文件，都应该公开。我想我们都应该到外面去。我是解密的忠实粉丝——我认为这不是技术上的机密。这只是，你知道，密切持有起诉，但我认为我们应该把它放在那里。”
尽管众议院司法委员会主席、众议员吉姆·乔丹(Jim Jordan)告诉美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)，他对特朗普总统和他的团队在爱泼斯坦问题上“完全有信心”。
Trump says Bondi should release 'whatever she thinks is credible' on Epstein
Under pressure from MAGA supporters, PresidentDonald Trumpon Tuesday said Attorney General Pam Bondi should release "whatever she thinks is credible" on the Jeffrey Epstein case.
Trump, speaking to reporters as he left the White House, said he had received a "very quick briefing" on the Justice Department and FBI review of the Epstein files. The briefing took place before the release of the DOJ and FBI memo last week.
The review found no evidence the deceased financier kept a "client list" of associates and no further charges are expected. The department also released hours of footage as part of its review, which officials say further confirmed Epstein died by suicide while in custody in his jail cell in Manhattan in 2019.
ABC News' Katherine Faulders asked the president what Bondi told him about the review, "specifically, did she tell you at all that your name appeared in the files?"
"No, no, she's -- she's given us just a very quick briefing," Trump responded before making baseless claims the files were created by some of his political foes.
"And in terms of the credibility of the different things that they've seen, and I would say that, you know, these files were made up by Comey, they were made up by Obama, they were made up by the Biden -- and you know, we and we went through years of that with the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax, with all of the different things that we had to go through," Trump said.
"We've gone through years of it, but she's handled it very well, and it's going to be up to her," Trump said of Bondi. "Whatever she thinks is credible, she should release."
Bondi, when asked about Trump's comments to ABC News, said she hadn't yet seen the president's comments but added that the DOJ and FBI memo "speaks for itself."
Trump is facing outrage among his MAGA base over the administration's handling of the Epstein files. It's also led to some infighting within his administration, as Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino had a fiery confrontation with Bondi over the matter, ABC News reported.
Amid calls for her resignation, Bondi said defiantly on Tuesday: "I'm going to be here for as long as the president wants me here, and I believe he's made that crystal clear."
When asked about the rift between her and Bongino, Bondi said she wouldn't discuss personnel matters.
"I was with [FBI] Director [Kash] Patel all morning and we are committed to keeping America safe, making America safe, working with our incredible partners at DEA, FBI, ATF, U.S. Marshals to do everything we can to make America safe and that's what we're focused on," she said at an event at the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Late Tuesday, speaking to reporters as he returned from a trip to Pittsburgh, Trump was asked why he thought his supporters have been so interested in the Epstein story when he's urged them to move on.
"I don't understand it -- why they would be so interested. He's dead for a long time. He was never a big factor in terms of life. I don't understand what the interest or what the fascination is. I really don't and the credible information has been given," he said.
"But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff. It's sordid, but it's boring, and I don't understand why it keeps going," he added. "I think really only pretty bad people, including fake news, want to keep something like like that going. But credible information, let them give it. Anything that's credible, I would say, let them have it."
Trump had sought to quiet the revolt over the weekend by posting a lengthy defense of Bondi and urging his administration to focus on other priorities.
But the comments continued to pour in, including warnings from some of Trump's top defenders that the issue is not going away and could have consequences in next year's midterm elections.
Lara Trump, the president's daughter-in-law and a Fox News host, told MAGA influencer Benny Johnson on Monday that she believed there did need to be "more transparency" regarding the administration's handling of the Epstein case.
Trump was asked on Tuesday what he thought about her remarks.
"The attorney general's handled that very well. She's really done a very good job," Trump said. "And I think that when you look at it, you'll understand that. I would like to see that also. But I think the attorney general, the credibility is very important. And, you want credible evidence or something like that. And I think the attorney general has handled it very well."
Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, some Republican lawmakers expressed interest in Epstein's convicted associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, testifying before Congress.
Sen. Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, said he believed everything on Epstein should be out in the open.
"I think all this stuff ought to be public," Hawley said. "I mean, I think all of the all the documents, should all be public. I think we'd all ought to be out in the open. I'm a big fan of declassifying -- I think this isn't technically classified. It's just, you know, close hold for prosecution, but I think we ought to put it all out there."
Though Rep. Jim Jordan, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, told ABC News he had "total confidence in President Trump and his team" regarding the Epstein matter.
