Bondi out, Blanche in: what will a new justice department head mean for the Epstein investigation?
The Guardian
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Bondi, reportedly ousted due to her botched handling of Epstein files, is still set to testify before Congress on 14 April
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As news emerged this week presaging https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump’s dismissal of https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/pam-bondi">Pam Bondi, one of his motivations reportedly related to her https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/02/trump-pam-bondi-attorney-general">handling of the https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/jeffrey-epstein">Jeffrey Epstein investigative files.
While the new acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5814564-todd-blanche-pam-bondi-doj-epstein-files/">insisted he had “never” heard the president say “that anything that happened to her had anything to do with the Epstein files”, it’s clear the issue has dogged Bondi throughout her tumultuous tenure.
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