Published: 12:38am, 15 Nov 2025Updated: 6:11am, 15 Nov 2025
The US Justice Department said on Friday that it would fulfil President Donald Trump’s request to investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s ties with former Democratic president Bill Clinton and JPMorgan, as Trump sought to shift the focus from his relationship with the convicted sex offender.
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The move comes two days after a congressional committee released thousands of documents that raised new questions about Trump’s relationship with the late financier, and marks the latest in a series of demands by Trump for federal law enforcement to pursue his perceived political enemies.
US Attorney General Pam Bondi said Jay Clayton, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, will lead the investigation.
The Epstein scandal has been a political thorn in Trump’s side for months, partly because he amplified conspiracy theories about Epstein to his own supporters.
Many Trump voters believe Bondi and other Trump officials have covered up Epstein’s ties to powerful figures and obscured details surrounding his death by suicide in a Manhattan jail in 2019.
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Trump has harnessed the Justice Department to target other perceived political enemies, notably former FBI Director James Comey and New York State Attorney General Letitia James, both of whom were charged after Trump replaced the prosecutor leading the cases.