The president says that he is directing Attorney General Pam Bondi and the FBI to look into several individuals in connection to Jeffrey Epstein.
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The Jeffrey Epstein case is about to get more interesting.
On Friday, President Donald Trump said he is telling the Department of Justice (DOJ) to probe sex offender Epstein’s links to several famous figures.
According to The Epoch Times, the president said that he is asking Attorney General Pam Bondi and the FBI “to investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s involvement and relationship” with the high-profile individuals and institutions “to determine what was going on with them, and him.”
Among the famous figures allegedly linked to Epstein include former President Bill Clinton, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, and JP Morgan Chase bank in the post.
“Records show that these men, and many others, spent large portions of their life with Epstein, and on his ‘Island,’” he added.
Responding to Trump’s announcement, Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a post on X she instructed U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton of the Southern District of New York to lead the Epstein probe.
“The Department will pursue this with urgency and integrity to deliver answers to the American people,” Bondi wrote.
JPMorgan Chase, Clinton, Summers, and Hoffman did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Still, none of the people Trump mentioned in his post have been accused of criminal wrongdoing in connection to Epstein, who was found dead in August 2019 in a Manhattan jail cell after being arrested on child sex trafficking charges.
All of the men that Trump mentions have previously denied any wrongdoing.
Clinton flew on Epstein’s private jet several times before his 2008 conviction, while Hoffman and Summers have said they socialized with him. All three men have expressed regret about their relationship with him.
A spokesperson for Clinton formally denied the prior president went to the island that was owned by Epstein, Little St. James, also saying that Clinton hasn’t “spoken to Epstein in well over a decade” and “well before [Epstein’s] terrible crimes came to light.”
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