US President Donald Trump has ordered the declassification of some of the materials in the criminal case against financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was accused of creating a network for the sexual exploitation of minors. The corresponding order was given to Attorney General Pam Bondi via the social network Truth Social. Trump called the increased attention to this case a fraud by the Democrats.

Attorney General Bondi responded promptly to X, declaring her readiness to hand over to the court the declassified transcripts of the grand jury hearings the following day.

The decision followed a Wall Street Journal report alleging the existence of an obscene greeting card from Trump to Epstein. The president categorically denied the information and vowed to sue the publication.

Epstein died in prison in 2019, apparently by suicide. His case contains thousands of documents, including witness statements, correspondence, and financial records. Trump himself is mentioned in the materials, although he insists he stopped communicating with Epstein in 2004.

Trump has repeatedly said that Democrats are using the Epstein case for their own purposes, and calls Republicans who criticize Bondi weak. At the same time, the attorney general previously admitted the existence of a list of Epstein's clients, but later clarified that she meant the case materials as a whole. The FBI and the Justice Department have officially stated that such a list does not exist.