AG Pam Bondi says FBI delivered ‘truckload’ of Epstein files after she put out hard deadline

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AG Pam Bondi on Epstein files: ‘The public has a right to know’

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi addresses unmet expectations surrounding the Epstein files on ‘Hannity.’

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi revealed that the Department of Justice has received more Jeffery Epstein files from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after the document release she touted last week fell flat. 

Speaking to Fox News host Sean Hannity on Tuesday night, Bondi confirmed that a “truckload” of Epstein files were delivered by the FBI after she gave the agency until 8 a.m. on Friday morning to deliver them. 

“I gave [the FBI] a deadline of Friday at 8 a.m. to get us everything,” Bondi explained. “And a source had told me where the documents were being kept, Southern District of New York, shock. So we got them all by Friday at 8 a.m.”

“Thousands of pages of documents. I have the FBI going through them…and Director Patel is going to get us a detailed report as to why the FBI withheld all of those documents,” she continued.

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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said the FBI handed over a “truckload” of Jeffery Epstein files to the DOJ. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP | Getty Images)

Bondi went on to describe the documents as being “a truckload of evidence,” and emphasized that a detailed report is incoming.

“And, you know, we’re going to go through it, go through it as fast as we can, but go through it very cautiously to protect all the victims of Epstein,” she said.

The attorney general also accused the Biden administration of “sitting” on the documents.

“No one did anything with them. And why were they sitting in the Southern District of New York? I want a full report on that,” Bondi said. “You know, sadly, these people don’t believe in transparency. But I think more unfortunately, I think a lot of them don’t believe in honesty.”

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Pam Bondi said they are going through the Epstein files “as fast as we can.” (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

“And it’s a new day. It’s a new administration, and everything’s going to come out to the public. The public has the right to know Americans have a right to know.”

The highly-anticipated rollout of the Epstein files drew criticism across the country on Thursday, disappointing those who expected a “client list” or any significant new information about the disgraced Palm Beach-based sex trafficker. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., was one of the many vocal critics of the rollout.

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“I nor the task force were given or reviewed the Epstein documents being released today… A NY Post story just revealed that the documents will simply be Epstein’s phonebook,” the Florida congresswoman wrote on X. “THIS IS NOT WHAT WE OR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ASKED FOR and a complete disappointment. GET US THE INFORMATION WE ASKED FOR!”

Fox News Digital’s Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report.

Andrea Margolis is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. Readers can follow her on X at @andreamargs or send story tips to andrea.margolis@fox.com.