July 16, 2025

Under pressure from MAGA supporters, the quivering Yellow Mound said last night Pam "Eva" Bondi should release "whatever she thinks is credible" on the Jeffrey Epstein case. Of course, being the well-trained poodle that she is, she knows that means she has to stage a media event that absolves her master. Via ABC News:

Trump, speaking to reporters as he left the White House, said he had received a "very quick briefing" on the Justice Department and FBI review of the Epstein files. The briefing took place before the release of the DOJ and FBI memo last week.

The review found no evidence the deceased financier kept a "client list" of associates and no further charges are expected. The department also released hours of footage as part of its review, which officials say further confirmed Epstein died by suicide while in custody in his jail cell in Manhattan in 2019.

ABC News' Katherine Faulders asked the president what Bondi told him about the review, "specifically, did she tell you at all that your name appeared in the files?"

"No, no, she's -- she's given us just a very quick briefing," Trump responded before making baseless claims the files were created by some of his political foes.

"And in terms of the credibility of the different things that they've seen, and I would say that, you know, these files were made up by Comey, they were made up by Obama, they were made up by the Biden -- and you know, we and we went through years of that with the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax, with all of the different things that we had to go through," Trump said.

"We've gone through years of it, but she's handled it very well, and it's going to be up to her," Trump said of Bondi. "Whatever she thinks is credible, she should release."

This is what they call "a limited hangout."

a few more days of answers like this and i'm going to have to conclude that it was trump and ghislaines procurement operation and Trump framed epstein for it

Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) 2025-07-15T23:02:38.231Z

Probably spoke way too soon. Trump just said of Bondi and the Epstein files: "Whatever she thinks is credible she should release." That sounds like a selective release could be coming.

Matt Novak (@paleofuture.bsky.social) 2025-07-15T17:34:50.922Z

Trump on Epstein files:

"These files were made up by Comey. They were made up by Obama. They were made up by the Biden...."

"Whatever she (AG Bondi) thinks is credible, she should release."

See what he did here? He allowed Bondi to hide Trump references she claims are not credible. #EscapeHatch

Michael J. Stern (@michaeljstern.bsky.social) 2025-07-15T22:21:24.009Z

Trump says Pam Bondi should release ‘whatever she thinks is credible’ in Epstein files.

What a chickenshit way to try to take the heat off of himself and to dump it in her lap.

He knows she won't turn on him. But he's an idiot if he thinks this will stop the stink.

Tangerine Twit Troll (@tangerinetwittroll.bsky.social) 2025-07-15T20:53:41.037Z

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