President Donald Trump on Friday announced he is asking the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to a number of high-profile figures.
In a post on Truth Social, the president said that he is asking Attorney General Pam Bondi and the FBI “to investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s involvement and relationship” with the high-profile individuals and institutions “to determine what was going on with them, and him.” He named former President Bill Clinton, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, and JP Morgan Chase bank in the post.
“Records show that these men, and many others, spent large portions of their life with Epstein, and on his ‘Island,’” he added.
Attorney General Pam Bondi responded to Trump’s announcement in a post on X later on Friday, saying she directed U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton of the Southern District of New York to lead the Epstein investigation.
“The Department will pursue this with urgency and integrity to deliver answers to the American people,” Bondi wrote.
Epstein was found dead in August 2019 in a Manhattan jail cell after being arrested on child sex trafficking charges.
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