Trump asks Bondi to seek release of ‘any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony’ around Epstein investigation

CNN President Donald Trump has appealed Attorney General Pam Bondi to unseal pertinent testimony related to accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein as he appeared to bow to pressure to release more material on the occurrence Based on the ridiculous amount of publicity given to Jeffrey Epstein I have solicited Attorney General Pam Bondi to produce any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony subject to Court approval Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Thursday night This SCAM perpetuated by the Democrats should end right now Bondi briskly reposted Trump s comments on X and wrote President Trump we are ready to move the court the following morning to unseal the grand jury transcripts Trump s announcement came hours after the Wall Street Journal published a record detailing a birthday letter sent to Jeffrey Epstein in bearing Trump s name The drawing depicting a woman s breasts and a Donald signature in the place of pubic hair surrounded several lines of typewritten text according to the newspaper which reviewed the letter It concluded with the line Happy Birthday and may every day be another wonderful secret In a post responding to the story Trump vowed to sue The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch saying that he and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt had warned them about publishing the story and that the letter was fake What could the release of Grand Jury testimony mean Federal grand juries are investigative bodies which hear testimony from spectators and issue subpoenas but it s unclear if the material gathered during this secretive panel would advance the populace s understanding of the event as it s not a complete record of the study just enough to get an indictment The Department of Justice is expected ask a judge to release additional material which is typically kept secret but it s unclear what they will argue that will convince a judge to release additional material that has been held back to protect casualties and accusers Several transcripts related to the Florida grand jury study into Epstein have already been issued The populace also received information throughout the unit of the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell who was sentenced to years in federal prison in for carrying out a years-long scheme with Epstein to groom and sexually abuse underage girls Trump and Bondi did not address what might become of FBI notes or interviews conducted outside of the grand jury process Those are often much more voluminous and even if they don t ultimately become relevant to the criminal event could enhance masses understanding of a matter Growing calls around Epstein analysis Trump s request to Bondi comes amid growing calls including from members of Trump s own base for more transparency surrounding the inquiry into Epstein a convicted sex offender who executives have commented killed himself while awaiting trial on federal charges The Justice Department announced in a long-awaited memo last week that there is no evidence Epstein kept a client list or was murdered The department also published hours of jailhouse assurance footage that shows no one entered Epstein s jail cell on the day he died by suicide This systematic review revealed no incriminating client list the unsigned memo states There was also no credible evidence exposed that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an review against uncharged third parties The memo infuriated an influential contingent of Trump supporters who maintained the administration would make all of the Epstein files community It failed to produce a smoking gun undercutting Trump and his organization s own words leaving the MAGA world unhappy and pitting the president s closest allies against one another Much of the ire was directed at Attorney General Bondi Specific of Trump s the majority loyal allies in Congress were also not satisfied with his decision to not release additional files from the incident including House Speaker Mike Johnson and GOP Rep Ralph Norman of South Carolina Trump was however laudatory of his attorney general saying she could release any more credible files He also decried this week certain stupid and foolish Republicans who were focused on the issue and attacked Democrats for perpetuating a hoax aimed at targeting him politically CNN s Adam Cancryn Betsy Klein Hannah Rabinowitz Paula Reid and Sarah Ferris contributed to this record