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Attorney General Pam Bondi responded with a deafening silence when asked about whether the FBI found compromising photos of Donald Trump in Jeffrey Epstein’s safe.
During an appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Bondi attempted to evade the question from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), but he asked it again and made clear he was simply asking her to respond with a simple “yes” or “no.”
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Instead, she merely stared at him in silence, mouth agape. Many have interpreted the non-response to mean “yes,” positing that Bondi did not want to perjure herself but also did not want to confirm that Epstein possessed photos of Trump with “half-naked young women,” as Whitehouse described them.
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Trump and Bondi have the authority to make all Epstein records public, but have chosen not to, despite Trump promising to do so throughout his campaign.
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Trump had a decades-long friendship with Epstein and joked about how his friend was “fun” and “terrific” and liked women “on the younger side.” Trump has also been found liable for sexual abuse by a jury, has admitted to sexually assaulting women in the past, and has admitted to walking in on underage girls as they changed clothes. He has been accused of sexual assault or other forms of sexual impropriety by at least 27 women.
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