Trump was told his name was in Jeffrey Epstein files before DOJ withheld documents: WSJ
Publishing timestamp: 2025-07-23 20:27:50
Summary
President Trump was told by Attorney General Pam Bondi that his name appeared in Department of Justice documents about Jeffrey Epstein. Despite earlier promises, the DOJ decided not to release the Epstein files to the public. Trump directed Bondi to seek the unsealing of transcripts related to federal probes of Epstein and Maxwell. Trump denies writing a "bawdy" letter to Epstein in 2003 and files a defamation lawsuit against media mogul Rupert Murdoch and others.
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Keywords: joe biden, collusion, crime, breaking news: politics, lawsuits, jeffrey epstein, politics, laws, pam bondi, justice department, barack obama, donald trump, business news, todd blanche, donald j. trump,
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/23/trump-jeffrey-epstein-files-wsj.html