On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are working diligently to secure the release of the Jeffrey Epstein and JFK files. “I would defer you to our DNI Tulsi Gabbard and also the Department of Justice. I know that they are working on that diligently as the president requested them to do,” Leavitt said in response to a question about the files release.
Leavitt stated that she does not have a timeline for releasing the files. This comes amid ongoing concerns that documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and the JFK assassination have not yet been fully disclosed. On February 27, U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi announced in a press release the initial release of files related to Epstein. According to the DOJ, these documents pertain to his exploitation of over 250 underage girls at his residences in New York and Florida. The department noted that the first phase of documents had been leaked before the official release. However, the announcement did not include a client list, which has sparked significant backlash.
“This Department of Justice is following through on President Trump’s commitment to transparency and lifting the veil on the disgusting actions of Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators,” Bondi said in a statement. “The first phase of files released today sheds light on Epstein’s extensive network and begins to provide the public with long overdue accountability.” According to the DOJ, officials obtained roughly 200 pages of documents.
However, Bondi discovered that thousands of pages connected to the investigation and charges against Epstein had not been disclosed to her office. She subsequently instructed FBI Director Kash Patel to investigate why the full request for all documents had not been fulfilled. On March 3, Bondi told Fox’s Sean Hannity that efforts are underway to release the files. “We’re going to go through it, go through it as fast as we can, but go through it very cautiously to protect all the victims of Epstein, because there are a lot of victims,” Bondi said.
On January 23, Trump signed an executive order to release records related to the assassinations of JFK, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Their families and the American people deserve transparency and truth. It is in the national interest to finally release all records related to these assassinations without delay,” the order said.
