FBI withheld 'thousands' of Epstein docs - U.S. attorney general --The first batch of declassified files reportedly contains little new information | 27 Feb 2025 | Attorney General Pam Bondi has accused the Federal Bureau of Investigation of withholding "thousands of pages" of documents related to the investigation of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. In a letter addressed to the newly appointed FBI director, Kash Patel, Bondi demanded the immediate release of all pertinent files. Earlier that day, the Department of Justice released a set of documents dubbed "The Epstein Files: Phase 1" to a select group of conservative influencers Elon Musk's X pets. However, these documents were heavily redacted and contained mostly previously reported information. "We got the binder at noon...AG Bondi wanted to get out what they had, which wasn't anything material," conservative commentator Mike Cernovich wrote in a post on X, adding that the FBI "held back the real information and AG Bondi directed Kash Patel to start kicking ass."