{"id":2411080,"date":"2025-03-07T14:40:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T19:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bondi-hammered-after-announcing-more-redactions-to-epstein-docs\/"},"modified":"2025-03-07T14:41:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T19:41:04","slug":"bondi-hammered-after-announcing-more-redactions-to-epstein-docs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bondi-hammered-after-announcing-more-redactions-to-epstein-docs\/","title":{"rendered":"Bondi Hammered After Announcing More Redactions to Epstein Docs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbondi-hammered-after-announcing-more-redactions-to-epstein-docs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2411080&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Attorney General Pam Bondi is facing criticism after announcing teh arrival of thousands of pages of evidence \u2062related to jeffrey Epstein,a notorious\u200d pedophile and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">accused child sex trafficker<\/a>. During an interview on Fox News,bondi described the evidence as a \u201ctruckload\u201d but raised concerns\u200b among the public by stating that the release would include new redactions.\u2064 Many \u2064users on social media expressed skepticism\u2062 about her claims,\u2063 especially after an earlier proclamation that failed to deliver\u2062 significant new data, leading to a spectacle that included unrelated images rather.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the arrival of the evidence, Bondi&#8217;s statements have led to increased scrutiny\u200d and frustration among supporters, some of whom question \u2062why national \u200dsecurity concerns\u200c need to be invoked \u2062for the \u2064Epstein files.Critics\u2062 are demanding transparency regarding the \u2062redactions\u200b and the actual \u2064contents of the files, questioning why it has taken so long to release\u200c them. Bondi&#8217;s approach \u2062may exacerbate \u200btrust issues, especially within the Trump \u200badministration, \u2062as individuals seek clarity about Epstein&#8217;s\u200c extensive network and the unaddressed harm \u200dto his \u2063victims.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Pam Bondi has very little time in which to clean up a mess of her own making.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, in her only apparent attempt to clean that mess, she made matters worse while raising fresh questions.<\/p>\n<p>In a Monday interview with Fox News&rsquo; Sean Hannity, Bondi announced that her office had received thousands of pages of previously withheld evidence pertaining to the late pedophile and accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, but, she said, the release of those files to the public would come with new and previously unannounced redactions, prompting outrage on the social media platform X from users already exasperated by an attorney general whom they regard as dishonest and insufficiently urgent.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Friday at 8:00, a truckload of evidence arrived,&rdquo; Bondi said in a clip posted to the social media platform X.<\/p>\n<p>That phrase &mdash; &ldquo;truckload of evidence&rdquo; &mdash; certainly heightened anticipation.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>After all, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pam-bondi-announces-imminent-release-epstein-files\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bondi<\/a> told Fox News&rsquo; Jesse Watters on Feb. 26 that she likely would release some Epstein-related information the following day.<\/p>\n<p>When the next day arrived, however, the purported release of those files degenerated into an embarrassing and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pam-bondi-accuses-fbi-lying-delivering-partial-epstein-files-sets-24-hour-deadline-delivery-complete-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inexcusable spectacle<\/a>. Instead of new documents, photos of conservative influencers smiling and holding binders outside the White House began circulating on X. The contents of those binders, when finally revealed to the public, featured nothing of significance.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Bondi made it clear that the FBI Field Office in New York had deceived her. She published a letter she had addressed to FBI Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kash-delivers-earthshaking-response-fbi-tries-trick-bondi-misleading-epstein-files\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kash Patel<\/a>, insisting that the Bureau deliver those files posthaste. She set a delivery deadline of Friday, Feb. 28 &mdash; the next morning &mdash; at 8:00 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, her announcement to Hannity constituted the first public confirmation that said files had indeed arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the interview, however, Bondi appeared to raise a new question while possibly making matters worse.<\/p>\n<p>First, she explained that her office would redact the names of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-army-colonel-just-figured-nail-every-fbi-agent-withholding-epstein-files-make-stick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Epstein&rsquo;s<\/a> victims. Every reasonable person, of course, understands the need for that.<\/p>\n<p>Hannity, however, pushed her on the question of redactions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What are the other things that maybe you would have to redact? National security?&rdquo; he asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Of course, national security. Some grand jury information, which is always going to be confidential,&rdquo; she replied.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Attorney General Pam Bondi says a &ldquo;truckload&rdquo; of Jeffrey Epstein files arrived on Friday, says FBI Director Kash Patel is looking through them now.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We got them all Friday at 8AM. Thousands of pages of documents. I have the FBI going through them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s now in the&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rxABwmO5p2\">pic.twitter.com\/rxABwmO5p2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1896754684708188658?\">March 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bondi made that announcement on Monday. As of Friday afternoon, more than a full week has passed since the &ldquo;truckload&rdquo; of Epstein files arrived.<\/p>\n<p>To put it mildly, prominent supporters of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sleep-first-time-trump-voters-video-will-best-2-minutes-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> on X have grown antsy.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We still have no proof of this truck&rsquo;s existence. We have not seen a single photograph, and we don&rsquo;t have any Epstein files. I don&rsquo;t think we can trust Blondi,&rdquo; investigative journalist Laura Loomer wrote early Friday on X, using her derisive nickname &ldquo;Blondi&rdquo; for the attorney general.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It&rsquo;s been one week since Pam Blondi said a truck load of Epstein files were delivered to her&hellip; IN A TRUCK.<\/p>\n<p>We still have no proof of this truck&rsquo;s existence. We have not seen a single photograph, and we don&rsquo;t have any Epstein files.<\/p>\n<p>I don&rsquo;t think we can trust Blondi.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraLoomer\/status\/1897884640670515328?\">March 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Others expressed a similar level of urgency and disgust.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We are now at 150 hours since the &ldquo;truckload&rdquo; of Epstein files arrived from the NY FBI location to AG Pam Bondi&rsquo;s desk.<\/p>\n<p>We are at the 45 day deadline mark from when President Trump signed the executive order to fully release the JFK, RFK, and MLK files.<\/p>\n<p>We need answers today. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qj9n6w6QVe\">pic.twitter.com\/qj9n6w6QVe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chrissie Mayr&#127482;&#127480; (@ChrissieMayr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrissieMayr\/status\/1897693254096719939?\">March 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">With the latest Bondi announcements of more redactions of the Epstein files, Im done. Ive given up on gleaning anything if they ever do release something.<\/p>\n<p>Its over.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Spitfire (@DogRightGirl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DogRightGirl\/status\/1897747776471208328?\">March 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Another X user, however, raised a question undoubtedly on many viewers&rsquo; minds after Bondi&rsquo;s interview with Hannity.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Why do the Epstein files need to be redacted for national security?&rdquo; the user wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that the Epstein files will be redacted due to national security concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Why do the Epstein files need to be redacted for national security? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M1ILW89ZZC\">pic.twitter.com\/M1ILW89ZZC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShadowofEzra\/status\/1897693800992047498?\">March 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>That certainly should strike the impartial observer as a fair question. Why, indeed, would the Epstein files involve national security?<\/p>\n<p>A convicted pedophile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nyc-medical-examiner-rules-epstein-committed-suicide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Epstein<\/a> died in federal prison in 2019 following an indictment on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sex-scandals-sinking-ratings-cnn-imploding-on-eve-of-streaming-launch\/\" title=\"Sex Scandals, Sinking Ratings: CNN Imploding on Eve of Streaming Launch\">child sex trafficking charges<\/a>. The New York City medical examiner&rsquo;s official ruling of death by suicide, however, has done little to allay widespread suspicions of foul play in light of the pedophile&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/epstein-documents-clinton-likes-young\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">well-documented connections<\/a> to powerful political and business figures.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, a federal court convicted Epstein&rsquo;s former girlfriend and co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-smallville-actress-speaks-out-before-sentencing-for-role-in-sex-cult-biggest-mistake-and-regret-of-my-life\/\" title=\"Former \u2018Smallville\u2019 Actress Speaks Out Before Sentencing For Role In Sex Cult: \u2018Biggest Mistake And Regret Of My Life\u2019\">sex trafficking conspiracy<\/a> and other charges. Then, in June 2022, United States Circuit Judge Alison J. Nathan sentenced Maxwell to 20 years in prison, per the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-sdny\/pr\/ghislaine-maxwell-sentenced-20-years-prison-conspiring-jeffrey-epstein-sexually-abuse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Attorney&rsquo;s Office for the Southern District of New York<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bondi confirmed to Hannity that Epstein had trafficked 254 victims.<\/p>\n<p>Still, more than five years after the pedophile&rsquo;s suspicious death, not one Epstein client has faced justice.<\/p>\n<p>Why not? And why would the Epstein files require national security-related redactions? Did a foreign nation, in conjunction with the deep state, conduct a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-jesse-watters-blows-open-fake-epstein-file-chaos-must-see-clip-even-comeys-daughter-mix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">massive blackmail operation<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Those of us who want to believe the best about Bondi must learn those answers soon. 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In her attempt to rectify it, she only exacerbated the issue and raised new concerns. During a Monday interview with Fox News&#8217; Sean Hannity, Bondi revealed that her office had obtained thousands of pages of previously withheld evidence related to Jeffrey Epstein, a deceased pedophile and accused child sex trafficker. However, she indicated that the public release of these files would include new redactions, sparking outrage on social media from users who view her as untrustworthy and lacking urgency.<\/p>\n<p>Bondi stated in a clip shared on social media that &#8220;a truckload of evidence arrived&#8221; on Friday at 8:00 AM. This statement heightened expectations since she had previously mentioned releasing some Epstein-related information soon after. However, when the anticipated release occurred the following day, it turned into an embarrassing situation; instead of new documents being shared, images circulated showing conservative influencers outside the White House with binders containing insignificant content.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Bondi disclosed that the FBI Field Office in New York had misled her regarding these files. She published a letter addressed to FBI Director Kash Patel demanding prompt delivery by February 28 at 8:00 AM ET\u2014marking her first public acknowledgment that those files had indeed arrived.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview with Hannity, Bondi also mentioned plans to redact victims&#8217; names from the documents\u2014a reasonable measure\u2014but when pressed about other potential redactions like national security concerns, she confirmed there would be such redactions as well.<\/p>\n<p>As time passed without any substantial updates or proof regarding these files&#8217; existence\u2014despite claims made over a week ago\u2014supporters began expressing frustration online. Many questioned why Epstein&#8217;s files would require national security-related redactions given his criminal history and connections to powerful figures without any clients facing justice since his death in federal custody in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing lack of transparency raises significant trust issues for both Bondi and the Trump administration moving forward<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2411081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pam-Bondi.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[45543,9006,10058],"class_list":["post-2411080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-bondi","tag-epstein","tag-redactions"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pam-Bondi.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2411080"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2411084,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411080\/revisions\/2411084"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2411081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2411080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2411080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2411080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}