President Donald Trump, bowing to days of pressure, asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to get grand jury testimony about Jeffrey Epstein unsealed.

FBI agents assigned earlier this year to review investigative files in the criminal case against notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were instructed to “flag” any documents that mentioned President Donald Trump, Sen. Richard Durbin said Friday.

Durbin’s claim came in letters the Illinois Democrat sent to the Justice Department and FBI asking them to explain discrepancies between past statements about a promised release of the Epstein files and findings from a July 7 Justice Department memo, which said no such release would happen.

  • dogslayeggs@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Flagging documents related to an ongoing criminal investigation involving the President of the US is a completely appropriate action. What happens to the flagged documents is a different matter.

    • MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I would also consider the President being involved at all in an ongoing criminal investigation into a child sex trafficking ring as a giant fucking red flag but that’s just me.