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Closed Doors, Redacted Files, and the Bondi Testimony (5/30/26)
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Pam Bondi’s closed-door congressional testimony over the Epstein files centered on the same problem that has haunted the entire release process: the Justice Department promised transparency, then delivered a document dump riddled with redactions,...
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What's up, everyone? And welcome to another episode of the Epstein chronicles. On Friday, May 29, Pam Bondi made an appearance before Congress. And the point of the hearing obviously was to answer for the way the DOJ has handled the Epstein situation. And according to reports, Pam Bondi refused to answer questions about what role the Trump administration played when it comes to giving directives and being in charge of this obvious cover up. Now, what I will say, like usual, is that until we see the transcripts for ourselves, I'm not going to throw Pam Bondi directly under the bus. And look, I have no doubts that she was not helpful, but I just want to see the transcripts for myself because I don't trust anybody involved. Both sides have turned this into an absolute circus. And because of that, we're never going to get any real answers. We're never going to get any real justice because now there's a big portion of the country that believe this is a hoax. And when you have people out here running around making all kinds of allegations that there's no evidence backing up, you're giving these people a built in excuse. You're giving these people built in armor. And that's why I've always said that we don't have to chase all the salacious stories and the vast majority of these salacious Stories that have come out recently, in my opinion are not true. And the amount of people turning this into a circus is unbelievable. And honestly, it's disheartening. And it's my guess that some of these people that are out here talking this nonsense are part of the opposition, are part of the psyop. And unfortunately, a lot of people don't care about the truth here. They just want whatever political ammunition they can find to go after their enemies. And it's both sides doing it. And that's why I never believe what they tell us on the back end of one of these hearings. Right? We got to see it for ourselves. I don't trust anybody involved, so I'm gonna need to see that work. Alright, Today we have an article from Politico and the headline, bondi ships responsibility for Epstein files release to Todd Blanche, making him Democrats next target. Well, isn't that nice of her? Good old Todd baby Billy Blanche was in charge, not me. I was just the boss. I delegated that. Next time you're the project lead at work and something goes wrong, just tell your boss that you delegated it. I'm sure that'll be fine. This article was authored by Haley Fuchs. In closed door remarks Friday to members of Congress, former Attorney General Pam Bondi punted responsibility for the administration's handling of the release of the Epstein files to Acting Attorney General Todd baby Billy Blanche. So is that going to be the scapegoat? Is it going to be Todd baby Billy Blanche who ends up holding that hot potato? When all said and done, somebody's going to have to take the fall. They're going to need a fall guy and it's not Bondi. Bondi's out of Dodge. She's already moving on to the next grift. So it's going to be Todd baby Billy Blanche, huh? Well, okay, but somebody's going to have to answer for this at some point. Now, Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee say they want to hear from Blanche and they're prepared to force a vote to subpoena him if necessary. Well, good luck. I doubt the Republicans are going to want anything to do with that. It's just a big ass hoax after all. Right? And with Massie losing in Kentucky, they're feeling themselves. They think that the Epstein issue is over and done with now. They think that they have some tenable ground to stand upon. And the truth is, they're not wrong. And due to people over politicizing this who have no idea what they're talking about, it's caused a lot of people to retreat to their bunkers. And I'm telling you right now, this has to be a group effort. It's not just the Republicans or the Democrats or the independents that can make something happen here. We have to work together, and that's just not in the cards. Everybody is way too busy scrambling and fighting with each other. Instead of focusing on the people that we should be focusing on the people that really ruin our lives, the people that were palling around with Epstein and the people that are telling you that this is a hoax. But sure, just keep fighting with each other, because that's a great idea. The request is going in today to Chairman James Comer to have Todd Blanch come in. Representative Robert Garcia of California, the top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, told reporters, if he doesn't do it, we're going to force a subpoena and try to get votes. But he's got to come in. Look, I don't know if he's going to be able to do that, if they're going to be able to force it, if Trump will allow it and if Billy Blanche will comply. I mean, why would he? The problem is there's no teeth. So Congress can demand whatever they want, but the truth is, how do they enforce it? How do they force people to do what they have to do? Well, they can't, because there's no real oversight in this country anymore. And anytime a judge steps in to make a decision or a ruling, it gets blasted as being politically driven. And on and on it goes. And you know who benefits from that? The people that were with Epstein, the people that supported him, and the people who are covering it up. Garcia added that Cash Patel, the FBI director, is number two on the list. Crash out Patel, huh? Maybe he'll think that Congress is Valhalla. Bondi was on Capitol Hill for a transcribed interview with the oversight panel Friday as part of its ongoing investigation into the federal government's handling of the Epstein files. Bondi, who President Donald Trump fired in April, has faced a torrent of criticism over botched redactions in the millions of pages that were made public during her tenure, when Blanche was then serving as her deputy. They were both in on it. You're going to blame Blanche? Let's stop the nonsense, okay? This was all directed by Donald Trump. Not Todd Blanche, not Pam Bondi. They were doing as they were told. Imagine trying to act like that wasn't the case, like Pam Bondi and Todd Blanche were making the decisions. Yeah, because that's exactly the kind of guy that Donald Trump is. Let me have my subordinates make these big decisions for me. Sure. Okay. In her prepared opening statement obtained by Politico, Bondi defended her agency's efforts to follow the Epstein Files Transparency act legislation passed by Congress in November that compelled the government to release documents and material in the federal government's possession related to the Epstein case, which they didn't do. They're still not compliant with the law, and there's no repercussions. Nobody's in trouble. Nobody is, you know, getting called before Congress, facing serious jeopardy for ignoring the law. That's only for you. That's not for them. There were redaction errors, Bondi acknowledged, according to her prepared opening statement. But since day one of this process, this department has been committed to accountability and transparency. No, it hasn't. That's a lie. Transparency means transparency, not you guys choosing and gatekeeping. What we get to see. She continued, our stance has always been that the department stands ready to review and any potential evidence of criminal activity related to Epstein and his associates and will pursue appropriate investigative or prosecutorial action wherever the facts and law warrant. Unless it has to do with money, unless it has to do with immigration fraud, unless it has to do with human trafficking. This is more than just girls getting abused, and I think people seem to miss that. Or they're doing it purposefully because that's much harder to prove. Right. We have people who are dead. People forget things. People don't want to come forward. I get it now. Does that discount it? Of course not. It's the most vile part of the whole story. But if we want to get these people, as I've told you many times, focus on the money, focus on the paper trail, focus on the immigration fraud, and focus on the COVID up. But that's not good enough, is it? Not salacious enough, not shiny enough, not a big enough political hammer. But she also noted, as the head of a large department with broad responsibilities, I did not lead every aspect of the effort or conduct that document review myself. I delegated oversight of the process to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. And look, that's how it works in a big department, no doubt about it. But when you delegate something, you're still responsible for the final outcome. And anyone who's a manager or has been a manager and has had, you know, team projects that had to get done, you delegate something to a, you know, supervisor or whatever, and they're in charge of that portion of the project. But at the end of the day, the buck stops with you, right? You're the boss. You're the project manager. But I guess that only matters in the private sector when you work in government. Well, you can just blame whoever you want. It would be an embarrassing and politically fraught exercise for either Blanche or Patel to be forced to testify as part of the oversight panel's ongoing investigation into the late convicted sex offender. Blanche Bondi's former deputy has not yet been nominated to serve in the Attorney General role permanently, giving him career uncertainty. Patel, meanwhile, is already under some public pressure to resign or be terminated for erratic behavior and alleged misuse of taxpayer dollars. Well, how about the fact that he already lied about the Epstein situation? Should we just forget about that? There was nobody else involved. We have no more evidence. Oh, okay, Cool. I guess what we've seen in those emails and with those documents is just a figment of all of our imagination. Just a nationwide hallucinogenic episode. A DOJ spokesperson referred comment to a post on X from Bondi on Friday afternoon in which she said she praised Acting A.G. blanche's management of this Herculean task. The FBI did not immediately respond to request for comment. Of course not. They're not going to respond. Why would they? And if they do, like usual, it'll be canned. That's how it always works, isn't it? A spokesperson for Comer also did not immediately provide information about whether he would call in Blanche or Patel or risk enough Republicans joining Democrats to hijack a committee meeting to compel a vote on a motion to subpoena either. Which Republicans? Exactly. I mean, let's be real. The vast majority of Republicans have retreated from this, especially after the message has been sent with Thomas Massie, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Nancy Mace and Lauren Boebert. The message is loud and clear. Epstein is off limits. Do not for one single second think about doing anything Epstein related if you're in the gop. Unless you want Donald Trump to turn on you and unleash the hounds. Bondi herself has been under scrutiny since early last year when she said in a Fox News interview that she had the so called Epstein client list on her desk. The FBI and DOJ later released a memo saying it did not have such a list, nor did it intend to release further information in the Epstein case. So why would they do that right after saying they were going to release everything? They just stop in their tracks and they're like hold up, we're not releasing anything that doesn't come off as suspicious to you. That doesn't leave you wondering what they were so scared of. And spooked by after they were so serious and so sure that they were going to release the files. Throughout the whole campaign, they get a look at them and all of a sudden that changes. Yeah. Tell me it's not a cover up. The event sparked outrage among Democrats and Republicans alike, leading up to passage in November of the Epstein Files Transparency Act. But bipartisan criticism was reignited once again as the files were rolled out in a haphazard and incomplete fashion, where information about Epstein's victims were inadvertently revealed, while details about potential perpetrators were kept hidden. Inadvertently, huh? I have another problem with that. I don't believe that it was inadvertent. I think it was on purpose and it was just another way to intimidate people. Because that's what this is all about now, intimidation. Trump has removed the carrot and he's using the stick. In March, the Oversight Committee voted to subpoena Bondi for her testimony in a surprise move initiated by Representative Nancy Mace and backed by four other House Republicans. It was a stunning rebuke of the administration's handling of the Epstein matter. Rarely, if ever, does the party in the majority subpoena a sitting cabinet member of their own party. And that's definitely true. The last thing you want to do is open the door. But Bondi was ousted about a month later, and Comer, a Kentucky Republican, downgraded the terms of her appearance to a transcribed interview rather than a formal deposition, meaning that she would not have to answer questions under oath and the proceeding would not be video recorded. Waste of time. Look, we're doing something here, guys. Look, I want everyone to think that we're going to talk to Bondi. What an absolute joke. And if anyone should be primaried, it should be James Comer. All these Republicans that carried water for Trump, do they understand that Trump is not forever and that once Trump is gone from the White House, it's going to be a whole different ball game? Especially when people aren't intimidated by Trump anymore, because that's the big problem. People are scared. And when you're scared, you're not going to say. One of the victims, Charlene Rochard, confronted Comer Friday morning as he addressed reporters before joining for the start of Bondi's interview, asking him to promise that individuals brought in as part of the Congressional Epstein investigation testify under oath. If you lie to Congress, it's a felony. Comer said in defense of his own panel's process. We're bringing in people that have never been brought in before. And here's my prediction. When all said and done, they're going to point to systemic failures. They're going to say that Epstein died by suicide and everything was just the perfect storm coming together at the right time and there's nobody to hold accountable. It just, you know, it happened. That's my prediction and that's what Comer is going to do. Listein, another victim, asked Homer to commit to getting answers from former attorney general about the redaction process, specifically why details about victims were exposed while information about potential perpetrators was withheld. Those are questions we're going to ask and we're doing this. We want justice for the survivors, comer said, adding that if Epstein victims were not satisfied by Bondi's responses, the committee would work to get them answers. Oh, yeah, sure. Did you ask Donald Trump first? You might want to run it by him. James Comer Garcia told reporters he and his colleagues were incredibly disappointed by the majority's decision not to force Bondi to testify under the parameters of a subpoena. Bondi was joined by Justice Department staff during the transcribed interview, and Democrats accused DOJ of playing interference. Representative Melanie Stansberry said that when Bondi was asked about a conversation she might have had with Trump, one of her lawyers interjected to say that Bondi was not required to answer because the event was a voluntary interview. Oh, well, isn't that cute? But sure, it wasn't voluntary for any reason whatsoever. Yo, James Comer thinks you're stupid as hell. The United States Department of Justice is intervening on behalf of Pam Bondi to stop her from answering questions about what happened in the COVID up of this case and her conversations with Donald Trump and is asserting that she does not have to answer questions because she's not required to because she's not being deposed under oath. Stansberry told reporters the DOJ has been accused of withholding portions of the Epstein files linking Trump and Epstein, though Trump has maintained that he broke off his relationship with Epstein years ago. The President has denied any wrongdoing and has not been charged with with any crimes in relation to the late disgraced financier. All right, so like usual, we're gonna have to wait and see for the transcripts, right, to get a full accounting of what went down. But I have no doubt that Pam Bondi didn't answer any questions and that she was evasive because that's just the way it goes. It doesn't matter if it's Pam Bondi or anyone else. So when those transcripts do come out, we'll get right on them and we'll make sure we get them added to the catalog. But until then, that's going to do it for this one. All the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box.