Raskin says Trump and Bondi ‘closest thing’ to deep state in refusal to release Epstein files

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The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee is trying to turn up pressure on President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi to be more transparent regarding federal government files on convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, comparing them to members of the supposed “deep state.”

In an interview with MSNBC, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) sought to leverage MAGA outrage at Trump and Bondi’s management of the files after Bondi in February overpromised what she was going to disclose concerning Epstein before telling Fox News the late financier’s alleged client list was “on her desk” when the FBI reported this week no such list existed.

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