00:00Facing mounting pressure from its own supporters, the Trump administration says it will urge
00:05the courts to unseal secret files tied to the Jeffrey Epstein case.
00:11Analysts say it's an attempt to end a political firestorm the White House helped to ignite.
00:17The Jeffrey Epstein saga is continuing.
00:20The latest development comes courtesy of Attorney General Pam Bondi, who indicated in a statement
00:25that she was going to move to unseal grand jury testimony in the case.
00:30That's a pretty unusual development. Grand jury testimony by definition is meant to be secret,
00:35both to protect the accounts and identities of witnesses and the reputations of people who are not charged.
00:43But in this instance, the Attorney General says that she's going to take that step to ask the court to do that.
00:47It's not clear when or even if any of those records might be released.
00:53Even if the Epstein case records are made public, critics say it may not be enough.
00:58The Trump administration is under fire for failing to deliver on promises of full transparency.
01:04Adding to the scrutiny is Donald Trump's long-standing friendship with Jeffrey Epstein,
01:08the wealthy sex offender who died in prison in 2019.
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