Bondi instructed the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, to oversee an investigation, vowing it would be handled “with urgency and integrity.”

Trump himself is mentioned throughout the thousands of pages of Epstein emails, but his call for investigations — which AG Pam Bondi quickly answered — named only Democrats.

Four Republicans said they would vote to release the files after House Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed a vote would take place.

The Democratic National Committee's X account sparked condemnation for highlighting an email the convicted sex offender sent to ex-Clinton and Obama administration official Larry Summers disparaging Trump in 2017.

A handful of Republicans joined Democrats in supporting a bill that would require the release of the Justice Department's files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The House is expected to vote as early as next week.

President Trump accused Democrats of using what he calls the "Epstein hoax" to defect blame for the government shutdown.

House Democrats obtained the emails from Epstein's estate as part of the committee's investigation into the late sex offender's case.

D: Donald Trump has weighed in on Wednesday’s release of emails in which Jeffrey Epstein claimed that Trump “knew about the girls” and spent “hours” at his house with one of Epstein’s victims. Trump wrote on Truth Social,