Trump to Bondi: Work on releasing Epstein case grand jury transcripts

President Donald Trump has ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to work on unsealing and releasing grand jury testimony in the Jeffrey Epstein case.

Epstein was a convicted sex offender billionaire who died in a New York jail in 2019 awaiting more charges against him. With his privately owned island and “Lolita Express” jet he’s long been suspected of trafficking underage girls to celebrities and others.

Bill Clinton and Bill Gates are known to have associated with him, and President Trump appears in photographs with him, images that mostly date to before Epstein’s first conviction in Florida.

Fox News confirmed the order, but said it wasn’t certain when any testimony may be public.

President Trump—we are ready to move the court tomorrow to unseal the grand jury transcripts. pic.twitter.com/hOXzdTcYYB

— Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) July 18, 2025

BREAKING: President Trump directs Pam Bondi to produce “any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony” related to the Epstein case. pic.twitter.com/3LT46r6sgC

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) July 18, 2025

Democrats who now are demanding the release of all of the Epstein information, suspecting it include references to Trump, were silent on the issue for years while Joe Biden was in the Oval Office.

A report in the Hill pointed out that such testimony is confidential by law and could take months of legal work to release.

“Trump’s announcement about the grand jury testimony came hours after the publication of a Wall Street Journal report about a birthday card he apparently wrote the disgraced financier,” the report claimed. Trump has described that report as completely false.

The Hill said grand jury testimony could include details from the legal work against Epstein in the early 2000s, for which he was given a slap on the hand, meaning he served time in jail but was freed many days of his sentence.

His 2019 case just was developing when his death was reported in that New York jail.

Leftists, including Rep. Dan Goldman, said it would be other evidence that more likely would mention Trump.

A memo released by the FBI and the Department of Justice that has provoked “the latest firestorm over Epstein said it uncovered a ‘significant amount of material,’ including more than 300 gigabytes of data and physical evidence,” the Hill said.

“That included large volumes of child pornography and images of Epstein and people who appear to be minors, the memo said. Most of it has been ordered sealed,” the report said.

The report noted there’s also evidence from a defamation case filed by the late Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s accusers, as well as documents about how Epstein amassed his wealth.

“There’s also the question of whether Epstein kept a ‘client list,’ which the DOJ and FBI memo said he did not,” the Hill said.

Investigative reporter Julie Brown for the Miami Herald said that probably didn’t exist, and is used now as a “red herring.”