Pam Bondi has emerged from self-exile following right-wing blowback over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and is reasserting control over the Justice Department and her role as attorney general.

President Donald Trump has fiercely resisted calls to release the files over the summer, at times calling the issue a "hoax" pushed by the Democrats.

The records show Maxwell repeatedly showering Trump with praise and denying, under questioning from Blanche, that she had observed Trump engaged in any form of sexual behavior.