Donald Trump has grown weary of defending Pam Bondi's handling of the Jeffery Epstein files and wants her to take responsibility for cleaning up the mess, according to four people familiar with White House deliberations.

A Department of Justice memo says there is no evidence Epstein kept a "client list" or blackmailed prominent individuals.

Trump, who this week called the alleged Epstein client list a boring "hoax," had campaigned in 2024 on the promise of releasing the list

And speaking of going to court, Trump said Thursday night he will sue Rupert Murdoch and “his third rate newspaper,” the Wall Street Journal, for publishing what Trump says is a “FAKE” letter. The Journal reported that Trump sent the letter to Epstein in 2003 to be included in a commemorative book for Epstein’s 50th birthday.

The Justice Department this week fired Maurene Comey, a federal prosecutor in New York who was involved in cases against Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

The Trump administration is struggling to contain the fallout of a decision not to release any more records related to the wealthy financier’s sex trafficking investigation.

President Trump has filed a lawsuit over a story the Wall Street Journal published about an alleged birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein.

President Trump directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to release “pertinent” grand jury testimony in the criminal case of the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Bondi says the Justice Department will seek to unseal the transcripts.