Massie Slams DOJ, Trump Administration Over Epstein Files: ‘This Is the Epstein Administration’
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) delivered sharp criticism of President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi during a fiery appearance Sunday on ABCโs This Week, accusing the administration of failing to deliver real transparency on the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Speaking with host Martha Raddatz, Massie โ one of the most outspoken Republicans pushing for full disclosure of Epstein-related records โ questioned Bondiโs performance during last weekโs high-profile House Judiciary hearing.
โShe came with a book full of insults, one for each congressperson,โ Massie said. โShe obviously had one for me. And, you know, Iโve been there when [former AG] Merrick Garland was there. Obviously, politically, I donโt agree with him, but he performed much better in terms of at least not looking bad. And, unfortunately, we didnโt get the answers we wanted about the Epstein Files Transparency Act from her.โ
Massie also took aim at Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche over a letter sent Saturday claiming the Department of Justice has now produced โallโ Epstein files.
โI know the DOJ wants to say theyโre done with this document production,โ Massie said. โThe problem is theyโve taken down documents before we were able to go over to the DOJ and look at the unredacted versions. They took down some of the most significant documents. Two of them involving Virginia Giuffreโs case and other things, the picture of Epstein at โ in a room where itโs got CIA written on the boxes. Thatโs been taken down. We want to be able to look at all these files. They canโt keep those documents down after theyโve already produced them.โ
New Report Raises Questions About DOJโs โFull Releaseโ Claim
Massieโs concerns come as a new investigation by Channel 4 News is raising fresh doubts about whether the Justice Department has truly released the full Epstein archive.
According to internal emails reviewed by the broadcaster, federal investigators expected to process between 20 and 40 terabytes of data seized from Epsteinโs properties โ including his Florida mansion, New York townhouse, and private island. Other early-stage emails referenced totals as high as 50 terabytes.
In one internal email from 2025, officials reportedly said they were โlooking at approximately 14.6 terabytes of archived data.โ
By contrast, Channel 4 noted that the most recent release of roughly 3.5 million documents amounted to just over 300GB โ which the outlet said represents only about 2% of the data investigators were discussing.
โThey claimed that 6 million pages were identified, including duplicates โ they released over 3 million,โ Channel 4โs U.S. editor Asnushka Asthana said. โBoth those numbers are tiny compared to the amount collected according to todayโs emails.โ
One investigator described the data dump as chaotic and incomplete:
โImagine if we had seized the papers from approximately 100,000 filing cabinets. Then that all just got dumped in one big pileโฆ And then any of those documents that was larger than 100 pages couldnโt be opened. Thatโs what weโve got.โ
Massie Turns Fire on Trump
Raddatz closed the interview by asking Massie directly about President Trump, who has thrown his support behind Massieโs primary challenger, Ed Gallrein, and has repeatedly attacked the Kentucky congressman over his push for transparency.
Massie did not hold back.
โLook, this is about the Epstein class, the people who are funding the attacks against me,โ Massie said. โThey may or may not be implicated in these files, but they were certainly rubbing shoulders with the people who are in these files. Theyโre billionaires who are friends with these people. And thatโs what Iโm up against in Washington, D.C. Donald Trump told us that even though, you know, he had dinner with these kinds of people in New York City and West Palm Beach, that he would be transparent. But heโs not. Heโs still in with the Epstein class. This is the Epstein administration, and theyโre attacking me for trying to get these files released.โ
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Bondi Stands By DOJ Position
Despite the mounting scrutiny, Bondi has insisted the Justice Department has complied fully with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
In a February 14 letter to lawmakers, she stated that the department had โreleased all โrecords, documents, communications and investigative materialsโโ in its possession, along with a list of โall government officials and politically exposed personsโ referenced in the released materials.















