During his remarks, Trump asked Bondi if she felt like answering the reporter's question. "I don't mind answering," the attorney general replied. When the president finished speaking, Bondi addressed the reporter and cited an interview she did with Fox News in February, which she said had "been getting a lot of attention."

The Epstein affair had the hallmarks of a conspiracy theory. He was a rich financier with a Jewish surname and powerful acquaintances, including Bill Clinton, a former president, and Prince Andrew, a British royal.

The Trump administration has severely deflated conspiracy theories surrounding the case of Jeffrey Epstein. MAGA world had long awaited the administration’s release of a client list purportedly maintained by the deceased sex trafficker and financier,