New reporting from The Wall Street Journal has revealed a key moment that may explain the Trump administration’s shifting approach to the Jeffrey Epstein files. According to the Journal, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told President Donald Trump during a White House meeting in May that his name appeared multiple times in the Epstein files.
The revelation has sparked questions about what the administration knew and when they knew it. Critics are now looking back at statements made by Trump and his officials to see if they tried to mislead the public about information the Justice Department had regarding Trump’s connections to the late convicted sex offender, especially given past evidence of Trump praising Jeffrey Epstein in his own writings.
