Trump directs DOJ inquiry into Epstein’s relationship with his political foes
Nearly 48 hours after the House Oversight Committee’s majority and minority parties’ disclosures regarding convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, President Donald Trump directed his Justice Department to investigate ties to former President Bill Clinton, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and others. His move comes 10 months after he declared he would end the “weaponization of the federal government” against political opponents.
Trump made the announcement on Truth Social after he grew frustrated over how Democrats were responding to a selective release of emails from Epstein’s estate. He accused the party of trying to “deflect from their disastrous SHUTDOWN, and all of their other failures.”
“I will be asking A.G. Pam Bondi, and the Department of Justice,” he wrote, “together with our great patriots at the FBI, to investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s involvement and relationship with Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, Reid Hoffman, J.P. Morgan, Chase, and many other people and institutions, to determine what was going on with them, and him.”
Clinton’s name appeared in the files numerous times, with some emails containing whole articles or books mentioning his name, court cases and Epstein expressing supposed frustration over questions about Clinton’s conduct.
“People could showcase the lack of her credibility as in the story she details a dinner with Clinton on my island down to where he was sitting howver it never ever happened CLINTON was never on the island the story, heli is all a total fiction,” Epstein allegedly wrote.
No information was available on who the woman Epstein is referring to is.
Epstein died in his New York City jail cell in 2019 in what authorities called an apparent suicide.
Democratic megadonor Reid Hoffman wrote on X that Trump’s move was an “obvious ploy” to avoid releasing files, which the House of Representatives is expected to vote on next week. He urged the Justice Department to release all files to show who had deep, ongoing relationships with Epstein.
He vowed to advocate for the survivors in calling for the files’ release.
“I refuse to bend the knee to Donald Trump and his slanderous lies,” Hoffman wrote.
Bondi confirmed on X she appointed Jay Clayton to lead the investigation. He was appointed in August as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York after Danielle Sassoon resigned in the spring over how the Justice Department was handling the sweeping corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
Her comments are in stark contrast from what the Justice Department and FBI said in July about no further investigations being warranted following a review of Epstein’s suicide death and related files.
“There was also no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions,” the departments said in the joint memo. “We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties.”
Democrats, Trump foes’ target of investigation
According to Trump, the Justice Department is opening an investigation into Clinton, Summers, Democrat megadonor Reid Hoffman, JPMorgan Chase and “many other people and institutions.” It’s unclear how wide the investigation could span.
Epstein banked with JPMorgan Chase and often brought the bank wealthy clients, Axios reported. The bank settled a lawsuit in 2023 with the U.S. Virgin Islands that concerned allegations it assisted and benefited from Epstein’s crimes.
Trish Wexler, spokesperson for the bank, told Axios in an email that they regret any association the bank had with Epstein but “did not help him commit his heinous acts.” She noted the bank ended its relationship with the financier years before his sex trafficking arrest.
“The government had damning information about his crimes and failed to share it with us or other banks,” she wrote.
Hoffman, who co-founded professional networking website LinkedIn, wrote on X Friday night that Trump should release all files to help bring justice for victims.
“I want this complete release because it will show that the calls for baseless investigations of me are nothing more than political persecution and slander,” he wrote. “I was never a client of Epstein’s and never had any engagement with him other than fundraising for MIT.”
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