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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Victoria Bekiempis

Bondi out, Blanche in: what will a new justice department head mean for the Epstein investigation?

A composite image showing a person holding a sign that reads 'release the Epstein files' on the left and a woman on the right
Pam Bondi’s handling of the Epstein files is widely seen as a blunder. Composite: NurPhoto/Shutterstock, AP

As news emerged this week presaging Donald Trump’s dismissal of Pam Bondi, one of his motivations reportedly related to her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigative files.

While the new acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, insisted he had “never” heard the president say “that anything that happened to her had anything to do with the Epstein files”, it’s clear the issue has dogged Bondi throughout her tumultuous tenure.

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