Lawmakers clash with U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi over Epstein files
Some of Epstein's survivors were on Capitol Hill Wednesday, as Bondi faced tough scrutiny over her handling of the released documents. Bradley Blackburn reports.
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Some of Epstein's survivors were on Capitol Hill Wednesday, as Bondi faced tough scrutiny over her handling of the released documents. Bradley Blackburn reports.
At a fiery hearing on Capitol Hill, Attorney General Pam Bondi faced pointed questions from the House Judiciary Committee about the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
The Epstein files released by the Justice Department include hours of video footage Jeffrey Epstein recorded, received or downloaded. The Free Press has compiled it all.
Ghislaine Maxwell's attorneys also says she can clear President Trump and former President Bill Clinton of any wrongdoing. Bradley Blackburn reports.
A slew of notable individuals appear in the latest Justice Department release of Jeffrey Epstein files.
Hillary Clinton will appear for a deposition on Feb. 26, while former President Bill Clinton will appear on Feb. 27, according to the House Oversight Committee.
Officials in the U.S. Department of Justice said the new batch of documents released in the Epstein files don't support new criminal charges.
The Justice Department released 3 million additional documents and photos from the Jeffrey Epstein files Friday.
Only 6% percent of Americans are satisfied with the release of the Epstein files, a new CNN poll found. Despite a law passed by Congress, the Department of Justice has only released 1% of the document they are required to.
The Justice Department says it also added about 80 more attorneys this week to help review the Epstein files to be released.
Republican Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, the committee's chairman, said the panel will move next week on holding them in contempt.
A recently released cache of security videos is raising new questions about the prison cameras at the facility where Jeffrey Epstein died in his cell in 2019.
The Justice Department early Tuesday released more than 11,000 additional documents and photos from the Jeffrey Epstein files.
The Department of Justice has released a slow trickle of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which have featured heavy redactions. Jarred Hill reports.
The Justice Department released about 30,000 pages overnight Tuesday, including emails from 2019, in the days after Epstein was arrested on sex trafficking charges.
The Justice Department said it has hundreds of thousands more pages coming, but heavy redactions and a slow release have drawn outrage from lawmakers and survivors.
The Justice Department continues to face backlash from lawmakers and survivors over the limited and very redacted Epstein files released Friday and over the weekend.
The U.S. Department of Justice is under scrutiny for how it handled the release of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein, with hundreds of pages redacted. Shanelle Kaul reports.
Meanwhile, lawmakers are demanding the U.S. Department of Justice explain why it didn’t release all Jeffrey Epstein-related files by last Friday’s deadline. Jarred Hill reports.
The Justice Department released thousands of new photos and records on Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, but at least 550 pages in the documents were fully redacted.
CBS News has learned at least 15 documents related to Jeffrey Epstein that were initially released online by the U.S. Department of Justice have disappeared. Cristian Benavides reports.
The Justice Department released additional documents in the Jeffrey Epstein case. At the same time, at least 15 newly released Epstein files disappeared from the Justice Department’s website.
The Justice Department has released records from the Epstein files, the first documents to come to light under a new law signed by President Trump.
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on Friday released 19 photos from a trove of images obtained from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein.
A federal judge granted the Justice Department's request to unseal grand jury transcripts and evidence from a sex trafficking case in New York against Ghislaine Maxwell, co-conspirator and friend of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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