Pam Bondi Explains Her Apparent Backtrack on the Epstein ‘Client List’

Her comments seemingly contradicted a February interview in which she said, “It is sitting on my desk right now to review.”

Pam Bondi at a Cabinet meeting
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Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday explained her previous comments about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged “client list,” suggesting that she never confirmed its existence.

The defiant comments come after a Department of Justice memo released Monday said that federal investigators had not found any “client list” kept by Epstein, nor any evidence that the disgraced financier had blackmailed any of the rich and powerful people he associated with.

Those comments seemingly contradicted a February interview in which Bondi told Fox News, in response to a question about Epstein’s “client list,” that “it is sitting on my desk right now to review.”