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BumRushDaShow

(167,528 posts)
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 05:44 PM 14 hrs ago

Bondi Blasted for Putting Long-Dead Celebs on Epstein Email List

Source: Daily Beast

Updated Feb. 15 2026 11:43AM EST
Published Feb. 15 2026 10:46AM EST


Attorney General Pam Bondi’s attempt to quell the angry mob over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal backfired when she brought dead mid-20th-century celebrities into the mix.

The backlash came after the Department of Justice sent a six-page letter to Congress listing 130 names of “all government officials and politically exposed persons” mentioned in the Epstein files—an effort some critics are slamming as “obstruction.”

The letter included names for a wide range of reasons, from people Epstein corresponded with frequently to those he merely mentioned in conversation and never met. Among them were Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, and Janis Joplin. Monroe died in 1962, when the disgraced financier was 9.

The list does contain those already known to be associated with Epstein, including President Donald Trump, Les Wexner, and Steve Bannon. It also name-drops several of Trump’s most loathed foes, including former presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, Democratic donor and actor George Clooney, and lawmakers Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna, who are spearheading the release of the Epstein files.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/bondi-blasted-for-putting-long-dead-celebs-on-epstein-emails-list/



REFERENCE - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143616509

The final 2 pages from the above link were in a separate Xitter post that wasn't in that article. Below has the full post with all of them -




Aaron Parnas
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SCOOP: The Department of Justice has sent over a letter to Congress outlining why it made redactions to the Epstein files.

The six-page letter also includes a list of all "government officials and politically exposed persons" in the files.
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The final two pages of the letter can be found here:
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Bondi Blasted for Putting Long-Dead Celebs on Epstein Email List (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 14 hrs ago OP
What point is Bondi trying to make? C_U_L8R 14 hrs ago #1
"What point is Bondi trying to make?" BumRushDaShow 14 hrs ago #3
Flood the zone. Raven123 14 hrs ago #4
Exactly. Flooding the zone. C_U_L8R 11 hrs ago #8
It's Bannon's "flood the zone with shit" principle PSPS 11 hrs ago #9
Elvis Presley?! cannabis_flower 14 hrs ago #2
Is you try a stunt like that in front of a judge and you get reprimanded.. yourout 14 hrs ago #5
There should be numbers beside the name indicating the number of times mentioned. twodogsbarking 12 hrs ago #6
What possible connection could Marilyn Monroe have to Epstein, since he was only 9 when she died? Polybius 12 hrs ago #7
Her name showed up somewhere in one of the Epstein emails FakeNoose 10 hrs ago #10

C_U_L8R

(49,150 posts)
1. What point is Bondi trying to make?
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 05:59 PM
14 hrs ago

Everyone does it... so it's okay??

Besides, she left off plenty of key names as well as adding all lot of irrelevant ones.

Chaos rules the Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion.

BumRushDaShow

(167,528 posts)
3. "What point is Bondi trying to make?"
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 06:16 PM
14 hrs ago

Obstructing justice.

It should be one of the Articles of Impeachment.

Raven123

(7,677 posts)
4. Flood the zone.
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 06:16 PM
14 hrs ago

Essentially she’s saying everyone on the list is innocent or everyone on the list is guilty. The are few types of people who believe that.

MAGA and, well I can’t think of any other types, so maybe just one.

C_U_L8R

(49,150 posts)
8. Exactly. Flooding the zone.
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 08:52 PM
11 hrs ago

That may work in maga social media sewers but real courts tend to cut through the bullshit. Justice can’t come soon enough.

PSPS

(15,277 posts)
9. It's Bannon's "flood the zone with shit" principle
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 08:53 PM
11 hrs ago

You want documents? Here's a billion documents!
You want names? Here's a billion names!
Bad press? Here's a billion daily outrages for the media to focus on instead!

Polybius

(21,663 posts)
7. What possible connection could Marilyn Monroe have to Epstein, since he was only 9 when she died?
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 08:23 PM
12 hrs ago

Is it something really stupid, such as him stating in emails that she was his crush as a kid?

FakeNoose

(40,871 posts)
10. Her name showed up somewhere in one of the Epstein emails
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 10:07 PM
10 hrs ago

So did "Elizabeth II" and "Chelsea Clinton" along with several other RIDICULOUS suggestions.
I want to laugh and cry at the same time.

This is so absurd, pathetic, hilarious, and bizarre. Simultaneously.

DOJ will spend the rest of their lives running down all these false positives.

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