Will Pam Bondi release full Epstein files? The AG has doubters. [View all]

The responsibility to release the so-called "Epstein files" by Dec. 19 falls on the shoulders of a Trump administration official who already once did an about-face when it comes to transparency about Jeffrey Epstein: Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Lawyers for victims and several members of Congress told USA TODAY they aren't confident Bondi will provide unbiased transparency, especially when it comes to people associated with the late sex offender, who died in jail in 2019.

Survivors "are now being asked to trust a process that has no independent verification from an agency that's being dictated to by a president who has been included in the documents themselves," said Spencer Kuvin, a Florida lawyer who has represented several alleged Epstein victims over nearly two decades.

Under a law passed by Congress, the attorney general must release the Justice Department's records about people tied to Epstein's criminal activities, his legal settlements, and Epstein-related investigative proceedings. The exceptions to that mandate are narrow: Bondi is allowed to shield material that identifies a victim, depicts abuse, would jeopardize an ongoing investigation, or is classified.

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