U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has relocated to housing on a military base in the Washington, D.C., area after receiving a series of threats tied to her handling of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a report citing people familiar with the situation.
The New York Times reported that Bondi moved within the past month from a private apartment to one of several secure military installations where other senior officials in the Trump administration are currently living. The relocation was recommended after federal law enforcement flagged an increase in threats against the attorney general, including some linked to drug cartels and others from critics angered over the Justice Department’s management of the Epstein documents.
Bondi is not the only administration official residing in protective housing on military bases. Other officials reportedly living at such facilities include Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and former Department of Homeland Security head Kristi Noem, who recently lost her position leading the agency.
A spokesperson for Noem previously told the Times that she pays “fair-market rent” for her military base housing, though some reports have suggested that certain officials may be living there without paying rent.
According to the report, threats directed at Bondi and her staff increased in recent months, particularly after the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who is now facing narco-terrorism charges in the United States. The Justice Department has also faced backlash over the handling and release of Epstein-related documents, which have generated widespread political controversy.
The Epstein files controversy has intensified since the Justice Department released millions of documents related to the late financier’s sex-trafficking case under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which required the government to disclose records connected to Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
Bondi has insisted that the department has made the full set of files public, saying that “all” Epstein documents have been released. But critics, including lawmakers from both parties and survivors of Epstein’s abuse, argue that key materials remain missing or heavily redacted.
Victims have also criticized the Justice Department for what they say was the mishandling of sensitive information in some of the releases.
“This latest release of Jeffrey Epstein files is being sold as transparency, but what it actually does is expose survivors,” some victims wrote in a statement. “Once again, survivors are having their names and identifying information exposed, while the men who abused us remain hidden and protected. That is outrageous.”
The controversy has prompted increasing scrutiny of Bondi’s leadership at the Justice Department. Earlier this month, the House Oversight Committee voted in a bipartisan move to subpoena the attorney general to testify about the department’s handling of the Epstein investigation and the release of the documents.
Jeffrey Epstein, a wealthy financier who socialized with prominent political and business figures, was arrested in 2019 on federal sex-trafficking charges involving underage girls. He died in a New York jail while awaiting trial, while his associate Ghislaine Maxwell was later convicted of sex trafficking and sentenced to prison.
