Congressman Reveals the Moment Bondi Went Silent on Trump & Epstein

About this episode

Congressman James Walkinshaw shares insights from Pam Bondi's closed-door interview regarding Trump and Epstein.

Tara Palmeri gets the first account of what happened behind closed doors during Pam Bondi's transcribed interview before the House Oversight Committee from Congressman James Walkinshaw (D-VA), who was in the room. Walkinshaw reveals that Bondi repeatedly threw acting Attorney General Todd Blanche under the bus — blaming him for the botched redactions that exposed 70-plus Epstein survivors' identities, for removing the Howard Lutnick photo from the files (claiming it was AI-generated), and for decisions she said she wasn't involved in. But the biggest bombshell: when asked point-blank whether President Trump knew about Epstein's crimes before they became public, Bondi didn't say no — she said "I don't know." Walkinshaw and Palmeri dig into why Harmeet Dhillon accompanied Bondi as a DOJ minder to block embarrassing questions, Bondi's shifting explanations for her "I've got the list on my desk" claim, why the administration is using "privilege" to withhold files in apparent violation of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the FBI whistleblower who said agents were directed to flag mentions of Trump in the files, and whether Bondi was actually fired because Trump got frustrated with…

People in this episode

Host: Tara Palmeri

Guest: James Walkinshaw

Topics covered

• Trump
• Epstein
• politics
• government accountability
• media scrutiny
• legal issues

Keywords

• Pam Bondi
• Trump
• Epstein
• House Oversight Committee
• Todd Blanche
• Harmeet Dhillon
• FBI
• media
• government
• accountability

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: House Oversight Committee, FBI, Epstein Files Transparency Act

Places: Virginia

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