Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche hold a closed-door briefing with the House Oversight Committee related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation at 5:30 p.m. ET on March 18.
In an interview with The Sun, Mandelson said he regretted his friendship with Epstein and felt sympathy for his victims.
He said his association with Epstein was "an albatross around" his neck.
While awaiting trial, Epstein died in jail, but broader questions have remained around his connections and their relevance in the so-called "Epstein files," a collection of documents relating to the criminal case.
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When the Department of Justice released what it describes as the final tranche of Jeffrey Epstein documents under the Epstein Files Transparency Act on Jan. 30—nearly 3.5 million pages in total—the legal narrative barely shifted.
I never had a personal or business relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. As is well documented. I went on a humanitarian trip as part of a delegation with the Clinton Foundation in 2002 on the Epstein plane.
The first lady further clarified the history between her and President Donald Trump and Epstein during the comments at the White House.
She said she has "never been friends with Epstein."
In 2008, Epstein pleaded guilty to state charges in Florida of soliciting a prostitute and procuring a minor for prostitution, which was part of a plea deal.
Enacted late last year with bipartisan support, the Epstein Files Transparency Act mandates that the Justice Department publicly release all non-classified records related to the investigation and prosecution of Epstein and his convicted co-conspirator
Last month, a law passed in Congress called the Epstein Files Transparency Act mandated that the DOJ produce all records related to Epstein, accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, and any other possible co-conspirators by Dec. 19.
Mountbatten-Windsor has previously denied any wrongdoing over his Epstein links, which are known to have continued after Epstein was convicted for soliciting a minor in 2008.
The Department of Justice in January released millions of pages of emails Epstein sent and received, including some exchanged with Karp.
Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting a minor for prostitution.