It is sitting on my desk right now,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in February of Epstein’s alleged client list. On Monday her agency said the list doesn’t exist.

The President, visibly frustrated, dismissed the inquiry as irrelevant and a distraction, calling Epstein “ancient news” and implying that continued media focus on the disgraced financier was politically motivated. Trump has previously acknowledged knowing Epstein socially but denies any deeper association or involvement in Epstein's crimes.