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FBI withheld `thousands of pages' of Jeffrey Epstein docs, Pam Bondi says — and she's demanding they be turned over By Josh Christenson Published Feb. 27, 2025, 3:28 p.m. ET 476 Comments 00:00 00:54 WASHINGTON — Attorney General Pam Bondi revealed Thursday that "thousands of pages" of documents in the FBI's investigation into the sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein were withheld from her. And she's demanding that they be turned over by Friday morning. Bondi 59 disclosed in a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel a tipster said that all but "approximately 200 pages of documents" were still being kept secret at the FBI's office in New York — despite her repeated requests for the "full" Epstein files. EFTA00172149 7 Attorney General Pam Bondi revealed that the New York FBI office withheld thousands of pages in documents about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation from her. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana The initial batch included flight logs, phone numbers and the names of victims, but a source in the FBI's New York office reached out and said that hundreds additional documents were not included. AdChoices [I=. The video player is currently playing an ad. You can skip the ad in 5 sec with a mouse or keyboard "By 8:00 a.m. tomorrow, February 28, the FBI will deliver the full and complete Epstein files to my office, including all records, documents, audio and video recordings, and materials related to Jeffrey Epstein and his clients, regardless of how such information was obtained," Bondi said. "There will be no withholdings or limitations to my or your access," she vowed to Patel. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) has floated a bill to prevent non-public records on Epstein housed at the Department of Justice from being destroyed, according to a copy of a letter obtained by The Post. EFTA00172150 7 Bondi said in a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel that all but 200 documents on Epstein are being kept in secret files in New York. REUTERS EFTA00172151 7 The Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in Manhattan — where Bondi claims additional Epstein documents are being kept. SeanPavonePhoto — stock.adobe.com Ogles, 53, wrote to Bondi on Wednesday, announcing that he was "drafting legislation entitle the Preventing Epstein Documentation Obliteration Act, or the PEDO Act" following "reports that certain FBI agents are allegedly attempting to destroy critical records." "Should you encounter any statutory barriers to the expeditious public release of Jeffrey Epstein's client list or other pertinent information related to his activities — to include EFTA00172152 circumstances in which any such documentation is housed in other federal agencies - I stand ready to assist," he said. "Our constituents deserve nothing less than radical transparency in matters implicating the integrity of our justice system," he added in the missive, which was first reported by Fox News. 7 Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) has floated a bill to prevent non-public records on sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein housed at the Department of Justice from being destroyed, according to a copy of a letter obtained by The Post. CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images A former FBI special agent had suggested the Epstein files could be among documents during a recent interview on the conservative influencer Benny Johnson's podcast. "There are FBI servers," said ex-agent-turned-whistleblower Garret O'Boyle "and people inside the FBI have been working night and day to destroy files on these servers." EFTA00172153 "No idea on what it is — I can only speculate — but you mentioned the Epstein list," he added. "I'd imagine it's cases like that." The FBI currently has hundreds of Epstein files available to the public on its website, but The Post previously scooped that the Justice Department was preparing to release 100 pages of the notorious criminal's personal address book on Thursday, according to a source who reviewed the files. 7 The DOJ is preparing the release Epstein's pesonal address book. Patrick McMullan via Getty Images EFTA00172154 Bondi had hinted on Fox News "Jesse Wafters Primetime" that the DOJ was going to release "some Epstein information," while adding the fact that details of the financier's abuse of more than 250 victims "will make you sick." Conservative influencers were received at the White House and presented with "Phase 1" of the Epstein files release, emerging from the West Wing Thursday afternoon to brandish the binders at the press without immediately disclosing any details. The Mon Transparent filminS-- at t. stestator of Or, , Ihnsald r !pop The Justice Department is releasing 100 pages of Epstein's personal address book on Thursday, according to a source who reviewed the files. AFP via Getty Images Ogles in his letter to Bondi also claimed a "decades-long obfuscation campaign" had withheld full details on investigations into the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. EFTA00172155 The effect of that "has clearly marginalized trust in our institutions and has contributed to all sorts of alternative theories and motivations regarding the deaths of these men," he said. Another Tennessee lawmaker has also pushed for the full release of the Epstein files. 7 Conservative influencers were received at the White House and presented with "Phase 1" of the Epstein files release. REUTERS "For years, my efforts to crack the Epstein trafficking ring wide open have been stonewalled by Democrats at every turn," Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) posted Monday on X. "This will change under [FBI Director Kash Patel]. I just sent him a letter asking for the complete & unredacted Epstein files." 476 EFTA00172156 What do you think? Post a comment. In his confirmation hearing, Patel committed to Blackburn that he would "do everything" to reveal the "full weight" of "what happened" in Epstein's child sex trafficking ring. The FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment. EFTA00172157