Bondi follows Trump's directive, taps prosecutor to examine Epstein's Democratic ties
Source: MSNBC-Maddow Blog
With this weeks disclosures in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal adding fresh fuel to the political fire, Donald Trump took an extraordinary step on Friday morning: The president directed the Justice Department and the FBI to launch a new investigation into the case of the convicted sex offender.
Trump, however, had a narrow set of targets in mind.
Indeed, the Republican said he wanted Attorney General Pam Bondi and federal law enforcement officials to investigate his perceived Democratic foes and critics, including former President Bill Clinton and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, over their alleged ties to the late millionaire pedophile.
Despite the frequency which Trump was referenced in this weeks releases of Epstein emails, the president avoided any reference to himself while demanding a new law enforcement probe.
Four hours later, Bondi did as she was told, announcing via social media that she was tapping a federal prosecutor U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton, a former Wall Street lawyer who chaired the Securities and Exchange Commission during Trumps first term to take the lead on the matter.
Link to tweet
Read more: https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/bondi-follows-trumps-directive-taps-prosecutor-examine-epsteins-democr-rcna244031
IA8IT
(6,298 posts)MarineCombatEngineer
(16,858 posts)everyone with 1/2 a brain in America, no, the world, will see this for what it is.
I predict it will backfire, as just about every other attempt to distract from Been A Dick Donald's participation in this mess.
LetMyPeopleVote
(172,635 posts)MarineCombatEngineer
(16,858 posts)She won't though, she's too fucking stupid to see the tsunami headed towards her and her star is forever more tied to his asshole.
orangecrush
(27,582 posts)Attilatheblond
(7,809 posts)They are reaching for ANY excuse not to release those files. A new investigation might just give them cover for holding files back.
We all know Trump is likely hounding Bondi to 'shut it down!' to the point of brutality. She fully deserves it, but still, it's gonna make her willing to try any stunt to shut him up.
MarineCombatEngineer
(16,858 posts)tsunami, but she's too stupid to see it coming and her star is forever attached to his ass.
mdbl
(7,768 posts)thought crime
(1,004 posts)mdbl
(7,768 posts)RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
(1,510 posts)SKKY
(12,712 posts)..."I can't release the files if there's an active investigation ongoing." So, yea. We're never seeing those files because he, if the Senate vote to release them, can block that. And, he will for sure.
MayReasonRule
(3,967 posts)


LetMyPeopleVote
(172,635 posts)The president suggested that the relationships between the disgraced financier and several prominent Democrats deserve more scrutiny than his own connections to Epstein.
Link to tweet
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/14/trump-justice-epstein-democrats/
It is not clear how the New York prosecutors will respond to the assignment. In a post on Truth Social, Trump pointed to three men Clinton, former treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, who is a prominent Democratic donor. All three had long-standing relationships with Epstein, which have been reported on for years.
In July, the Justice Department said it had examined its files on Epstein, and we did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties. That statement would not bar a fresh investigation but points to some of the hurdles any such inquiry might face.
Trump also said the Justice Department should look at Epsteins ties to JPMorgan Chase and many other people and institutions.,,,,
Hours after Trumps request, Bondi said on social media that Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, would lead the investigation. She called him one of the most capable and trusted prosecutors in the country.
Justice matters.
(9,103 posts)Guardians of R pedophiles, not D pedophiles:
Patel, Johnson, Trump, Bondi, and Bongino.
If D pedophiles committed sexual assaults on underaged girls AND women and get caught with clear evidence of any of these crimes, nobody is against their prosecutions to the full extent of the Laws.
The same goes for any (R)ich pedophiles.
RazorbackExpat
(767 posts)Bondi is channeling her inner Cotton Mather
bluestarone
(20,780 posts)Got coverup written all over it!!
Gore1FL
(22,743 posts)I mean, why leave Clinton and Summers out the basic go-to accusation?
BurnDoubt
(1,244 posts)Let's investigate the Democrats with the same fervor they've demonstrated investigating Republicans, especially if it isn't just patently partisan.
Watch them pull the investigators off the Epstein case to go after Clinton.
Let's conclude the decade long investigation of Trump after ALL the facts are made public and he's been suitably punished. Then we can move forward with other business.
Follow the Truth all the way to the end. Do Not deviate from protocol. This has been his strategy all along: distort and twist the process, delay and evade.
NO MORE.
sop
(16,878 posts)twodogsbarking
(16,734 posts)barbtries
(30,976 posts)it's part of their propaganda campaign. they are systematically dehumanizing anyone who isn't a magat.
it's bone chilling. sigh.
Turbineguy
(39,634 posts)Another day in power is a victory for trump.
Pas-de-Calais
(10,221 posts)mackdaddy
(1,909 posts)So they should investigate his relationship with Epstein before 2010?
Sneederbunk
(16,975 posts)Initech
(106,908 posts)CanonRay
(15,807 posts)on the whims of the President. I know, how quaint.

