Bondi assigns Jay Clayton to review Epstein ties to Clinton, Hoffman, Summers and JPMorgan

AG Pam Bondi announced she had assigned Manhattan U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton to lead the DOJ investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's connections to Bill Clinton, Reid Hoffman, Larry Summers, and JPMorgan Chase. Clayton, Trump's former SEC chair, took over as SDNY U.S. attorney in April—the same office that indicted Epstein and won a sex trafficking conviction against Ghislaine Maxwell.

Attorney General Pam Bondi said in November 2025 that she assigned U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton to review Jeffrey Epstein's ties to Bill Clinton, Reid Hoffman, Larry Summers, JPMorgan Chase, and others after Trump publicly demanded the investigation. Major outlets reported that the order came as new Epstein materials raised renewed questions about Trump's own relationship with Epstein. The review raised oversight questions about DOJ independence and whether investigative priorities were being set by evidence or presidential pressure.