U.S. President Donald Trump has directed the Department of Justice to launch a full investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s connections with several high-profile Democrats, including former President Bill Clinton, as well as ex-Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and banking giant JPMorgan Chase.
The order follows the release of 20,000 pages of documents from Epstein’s estate by the House Oversight Committee, which sparked political finger-pointing and renewed scrutiny of Epstein’s powerful network.
Posting on Truth Social, Trump accused Democrats of weaponising “the Epstein Hoax” to distract from the ongoing government shutdown and their “failures,” and said Attorney General Pam Bondi would oversee the probe.
Bondi has appointed Southern District of New York US Attorney Jay Clayton to lead the investigation, calling him one of the nation’s “most trusted prosecutors”.
Epstein, who “died by suicide” in jail in 2019, maintained relationships with numerous influential figures, though both Trump and Clinton have publicly denied any knowledge of his criminal activities.
JPMorgan, which settled lawsuits in 2023 over claims it enabled Epstein’s trafficking operation, said the government withheld crucial information about the financier’s behaviour.
Meanwhile, House Democrats are preparing to force a vote compelling the DOJ to release the remaining unredacted Epstein files.
So will this go anywhere, I wonder?
The reason the Epstein files will never be released is leverage.
Blackmail works.
Full investigation. Aka cover-up.