Bondi defends Epstein file delay, still reviewing tens of thousands of videos

It's been more than two months since Attorney General Pam Bondi promised to release additional

files in the Jeffrey Epstein case, but that full release still hasn't happened

raising questions from Democrats and Republicans. Bondi says the delay comes down to the sheer volume of material. According to her

the FBI is reviewing tens of thousands of videos, many involving minors

The FBI, they're reviewing there are tens of thousands of videos of Epstein with children or child porn

And there are hundreds of victims and no one victim will ever get released

It's just the volume and that's what they're going through right now. She also says the process includes redacting personal details to protect the victims

That hasn't stopped criticism. Republican Congressman James Comer recently said he doesn't believe the records even exist

In an interview this week, he argued that if Bondi had them, she would have already released them

The president ordered them released. The attorney general ordered them released. We all know they have not been released

And one of my biggest fears that I had, and I expressed this with Cash Patel and a lot of people

Stephen Miller and a lot of people going into the new administration

I'm like, you know, I hope they're not shredding documents right now

Bondi pushed back on that idea, saying the documents do exist and the FBI is diligently working through them

The first round of documents came out in February but it disappointed many people Much of the material had already been leaked or released in court cases Critics accused the Justice Department of falling short on transparency

Bondi later accused the FBI's New York office of holding back additional files

and ordered those documents transferred to federal headquarters for review. As for what's next, there's no official timeline for the next release

Bondi says the files will be public once they're fully reviewed and redacted

Meanwhile, Civil Liberties journalist Glenn Greenwald is raising new questions about Epstein's ties to intelligence agencies

On his podcast, he pointed out that national security redactions don't make much sense

And again, the things that concern me the most are when they start saying that the redactions are for national security purposes

What possible national security implications are there or aspects are there to the Jeffrey Epstein case unless we're talking about relationships with domestic intelligence agencies or foreign intelligence agencies

And in the background of all this, reporting from the Daily Beast continues to circulate

They've cited claims that former Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta once told Trump transition

officials he was told to back off Epstein's case because Epstein belonged to intelligence

That statement has never been confirmed, but it continues to fuel speculation about why Epstein

avoided serious legal trouble for so long and what the U.S. government still isn't saying

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