Jul 8, 2025 minute read

President Donald Trump pushed back on questions from the press regarding late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein during a press conference Tuesday, calling the renewed attention to the mysterious financier “unbelievable” and inappropriate in light of the flood that resulted over 100 deaths in Texas.

“Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein?” Trump said when asked whether Epstein ever worked for an American or foreign intelligence agency. “This guy’s been talked about for years. We have Texas, we have this, we have all of the things—and are people still talking about this guy, this creep?

“That is unbelievable,” said the president. “I can’t believe you’re asking a question about Epstein when we’re having some of the greatest success and also tragedy with what happened in Texas. It just seems like a desecration.”

Attorney General Pam Bondi, also present at the event, jumped in, addresseing Epstein’s possible intelligence ties and the contents of an alleged “client list.”

Bondi said that a prior interview that she did on Fox had been misinterpreted: “In February, I did an interview on Fox and it’s been getting a lot of attention because I was asked a question about the client list, and my response was, it’s sitting on my desk to be reviewed—meaning the file, along with the JFK, MLK files as well,” Bondi said.

She also said that tens of thousands of videos seized in the Epstein investigation were not client-related materials but rather illegal content. “They turned out to be child p*rn downloaded by that disgusting Jeffrey Epstein… never going to be released or see the light of day,” she said.

On Epstein’s alleged ties to intelligence agencies, Bondi said, “I have no knowledge about that, we can get back to you on that.”Alexander Acosta, the former US attorney from Bondi’s home state of Florida, had previously said that he was told Epstein “belonged to intelligence.”

The comments come just after after the Department of Justice publicly said that Epstein did not have a client list of individuals to whom underage girls were trafficked.

That statement marked a significant reversal after earlier public comments by Bondi had suggested such a list existed and was under review.

In a leaked memo, the DOJ confirmed it would not release further materials related to the investigation.

The department said it had already disclosed all relevant documents it was legally permitted to make public and would not entertain further releases, despite pressure from outside groups and members of the public.