On the date of this writing, October 29, 2025, we do not know the answers to the questions about the F.B.I.’s investigation into the criminal actions of Jeffrey Epstein. The Trump administration, led by Attorney General Pam Bondi and F.B.I. Director Kash Patel, are refusing to release them.
It does seem reasonable that Americans should know whether our President and numerous other powerful people participated in unsavory criminal behaviors with Epstein and his now-convicted girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell.
We can begin to draw some conclusions about why those files remain hidden from public view by observing the actions of members of the Trump administration.
Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared before a congressional committee on October 7, 2025. When asked about some of her statements and actions, she refused to answer many of those questions.
She attacked the Democratic senators while reading from her prepared notes. Bondi often used the familiar childish distraction method, “But what about….?”
(msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pambondi- sidesteps-questions-on-jeffreyepstein- blasts-democrats-for-asking).
When Senator Dick Durbin inquired of Bondi about the Epstein files, she replied, “I’m not going to discuss anything about that with you, Senator” (msn.com).
Bondi refused to answer the inquiry about whether she had seen the pictures of Trump and half-dressed young girls the F.B.I. obtained from Jeffrey Epstein’s safe. She had earlier said during an interview on FOX News, February 21, 2025, “It [the Epstein files] is sitting on my desk right now for review.”
Obviously, she knew that if she answered, “No, I have not seen them,” that would be an easily documented case of lying under oath. If there were none of those pictures, she could have easily affirmed that by saying so.
Her actions at that congressional hearing reminded me of an attorney’s comment. He said that, if a lawyer has no case, he acts angry, shouts and pounds the desk with his fist to confuse and distract the jury. Bondi’s behavior in the committee was like that, in my view.
At the time of this article, Adelita Grijalva, the Representative- elect from Arizona, is waiting for swearing-in by Speaker Mike Johnson. He is refusing to do that, claiming that swearing-in ceremonies cannot happen when Congress is not in session.
This lie is easily disproved. He has already Pro Forma sworn in two Republicans when Congress was not in session (abcnews.go.com/ Politics/speaker-johnson-continues- resist-swearing-democratic- rep-elect/story).
Grijalva has announced that she will vote to release the Epstein files. This will reach the number needed to force the Justice Department to hand them over to the Congress.
It is reasonable to conclude that Attorney General Pam Bondi, Speaker Mike Johnson, and F.B.I. Director Kash Patel are protecting President Trump from the public’s knowledge of how deeply he may have been involved with his good friend, Jeffrey Epstein.
The full release of those F.B.I. files would answer the questions of whether Trump was a participant in or had knowledge of the sexual molestations of young girls. If I were wrongly accused, or even suspected, of doing something evil, I would immediately call for evidence to be released that would exonerate me.
The refusal to let Americans know the truth regarding President Trump’s involvement with Epstein during their long friendship speaks volumes.
Why are politicians hiding information so diligently? Why does President Trump say and do so many bizarre things if they are not efforts to distract us?
It would be good to know the answers to these questions. We have every right to find out for ourselves.
Sunshine is a good disinfectant, and, likewise, full transparency is the best way to determine what is true or false.
We can resolve the controversies facing us when we see the evidence. But not until then.