Donald Trump directs Pam Bondi to release grand jury transcripts in Epstein case

President Trump announced on social media that he was authorizing Attorney General Pam Bondi to release grand jury testimony in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, a sudden turn that falls far short of demands from within the MAGA movement for the release of all FBI files on  Epstein. 

Earlier, Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said Trump would not recommend a special prosecutor to look into the case, and repeated the president’s claim that the backlash was a distraction.