JUST IN: RINO Rep. Issues Stunning Threat To Top Trump Official

Lawmakers who forced the Justice Department to dump long-sought Jeffrey Epstein records are now accusing Attorney General Pam Bondi of shielding elites, warning she could face daily fines for contempt of Congress if the remaining files stay buried under heavy redactions.

The backlash erupted after the DOJ released a tranche of Epstein material Friday that critics say revealed little about the powerful men allegedly tied to the disgraced financier’s sex-trafficking operation. Members of Congress from both parties say the most explosive evidence remains locked away in unpublished FBI interview memos with victims and witnesses.

“This is where the survivors have named other men who either raped them or visited Epstein’s rape island or covered up the abuse,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), a sponsor of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, told The Post.

“What the American people want to know is, Who are these other powerful financiers and powerful politicians who trafficked these women, or abused these women as girls or covered it up?” he added. “That is in those witness interviews, the FBI interview memorandum. They have not released a single one.”

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), the lead Republican cosponsor of the law, joined the pressure campaign and accused the DOJ of defying Congress to protect influential figures.

“Right now the DOJ is violating the law to protect those individuals,” Massie told The Post. “We will first pursue all options to force the DOJ to release those names, and several options remain.”

Among them, Massie said, is reading names into the Congressional Record, a move shielded by the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause. The tactic was famously used in 1971, when then-Sen. Mike Gravel released the Pentagon Papers.

Massie said the FBI possesses documents identifying at least 20 powerful men allegedly tied to Epstein’s abuse network. At a September hearing, he named just one, former Barclays CEO Jes Staley, who later resigned.

“To be clear, I do not have the names myself. They reside with the survivors and their lawyers,” Massie said.

He previously described the list as including a Hollywood producer, a royal prince, a major banker, a former high-ranking politician, a music industry figure, a rock star, a magician and at least six billionaires, including one from Canada.

Khanna said he is drafting a resolution that would give Bondi 30 days to comply before triggering fines of $5,000 per day for contempt of Congress.

“I don’t want to embarrass Pam Bondi. I want to embarrass the Epstein class that visited Epstein’s rape island and raped these young girls,” Khanna said.

He insisted the measure could pass, citing Republican interest, and said the goal is pressure, not political theater.

“The goal is to raise the pressure so that she does the right thing and releases the documents that the survivors want to see and that the law requires,” he said.

Khanna also wants the DOJ to release Epstein’s emails and full FBI interview records with victims and witnesses, arguing the law explicitly bars withholding information to spare reputations.

Maxwell and Epstein speak with Bill Clinton in 1993

“This is one of the greatest scandals in American history,” he said. “You have 1,200 young girls who were raped or abused or trafficked, and they were done by powerful men who were in finance and politicians and powerful business leaders.”

Bondi has pushed back, pledging to prosecute any perpetrator supported by credible evidence.

“The Department of Justice previously stated we will bring charges against anyone involved in the trafficking and exploitation of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims,” Bondi wrote Sunday. “We reaffirm this commitment.”

She urged victims to come forward and said the DOJ and FBI would investigate immediately, insisting on “the equal standard of justice in this country.”

The FBI declined to comment, and the DOJ offered no additional response.

Bondi fueled skepticism earlier this year when she suggested she was reviewing an Epstein client list, only to later say no such list exists and that investigators found no evidence to pursue uncharged third parties, despite acknowledging more than 1,000 victims.

Epstein died in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial. His longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence. No other high-profile figures have been charged.

The transparency law, signed by President Trump after initial opposition, allows only limited redactions. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said material was withheld to protect victims, active investigations, classified information and legal privileges.

Critics note that many documents were so heavily redacted as to be unreadable, with some pages entirely blacked out, fueling claims of a continued cover-up.

Outside Congress, Judicial Watch is pressing its own fight through Freedom of Information Act lawsuits against the DOJ, FBI and CIA.

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said the law contained “loopholes big enough for a plane with Bill Clinton to fly to Epstein’s island,” and argued the public interest outweighs the privacy claims of powerful men named in the records.

“I think… the public interest is high enough to outweigh the privacy interest of the men who appear,” Fitton said.

For now, the pressure is mounting, with lawmakers warning that if the DOJ will not name names, Congress may do it for them.

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