Watch: Nancy Pelosi Silent On Why Biden Did Not Release Epstein Files

Leading Democrat Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., says President Donald Trump should merchandise nan Epstein files, but is silent connected why erstwhile President Joe Biden did not anytime successful his 4 years successful nan Oval Office.

Democrats person seized connected nan rumor since nan lawsuit became a governmental contention for nan Trump administration. However, contempt their existent calls for transparency connected nan case, nan Biden Justice Department besides grounded to merchandise further documents connected Epstein. 

Asked by Fox News Digital whether she thought nan Trump administration should merchandise nan Epstein files, erstwhile House Speaker Pelosi responded, "Absolutely."

Fox News Digital past asked, "Why do you deliberation Biden didn’t do it for 4 years?" to which Pelosi simply turned astir and began stepping away.

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Former Speaker of nan House Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., says President Donald Trump should merchandise nan Epstein files, but is silent connected why erstwhile President Joe Biden did not do truthful for nan full 4 years of his term. (All photos AP)

Fox News Digital pressed, "Do you cognize why they didn’t do it? Do you deliberation they should have?" However, Pelosi ignored nan newsman and stepped into a car.

Pelosi served arsenic House speaker, 1 of nan astir powerful positions successful nan country, from 2019 to 2023, 2 of those years occurring erstwhile Biden was in nan Oval Office.

Other Democrats have likewise struggled to reply why a president of their statement did not merchandise nan files arsenic they request action now.

On Thursday, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., was pressed connected nan rumor by "Morning Joe" co-host Joe Scarborough, but he could not springiness an answer.

"But, Congressman, you could person gotten that from '21 to '25, erstwhile Democrats controlled nan DOJ. Why — it was a situation then. It’s a situation now. Why didn’t Democrats telephone for it from '21 to '25?" Scarborough asked. 

"So, I mean, you’d person to spell backmost and look specifically astatine peculiar prosecutorial decisions and what was taking spot successful position of nan different cases. So, I don’t know, we could effort to reconstruct that record," Raskin replied. 

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Jeffrey Epstein successful Cambridge, Mass., successful September 2004. Epstein was connected pinch respective salient group including politicians, actors and academics. Epstein was convicted of having activity pinch an underaged woman. (Rick Friedman/Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images)

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., was besides caught disconnected defender erstwhile a CNN anchor challenged her connected why she ne'er called for transparency connected Epstein while Biden was president, contempt her hammering nan Trump management complete nan case.

"I would person been happy to raise it past arsenic well. Frankly, we were focused connected truthful galore different pieces," Jayapal replied. 

Meanwhile, Republican Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas told Fox News Digital, "What I deliberation is really rich | is this, Epstein dies successful 2019 and nan Biden management does thing for 4 years, perfectly nothing."

"I didn't perceive immoderate Democrats telephone for it. And, you know, I ne'er heard nan bequest media connected TV saying 1 point astir it either. And suddenly, it's a codification blue. Suddenly, each Democrat and nan bequest media wants to spot these reports. I deliberation that's hypocritical," he said.

Marshall went connected to opportunity that "beyond that, location whitethorn beryllium a batch much going connected than meets nan eye."

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Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., was besides caught disconnected defender erstwhile a CNN anchor challenged her connected why she ne'er called for transparency connected Epstein while Biden was president, contempt her hammering nan Trump management complete nan case. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

While noting that he does not person immoderate typical information, he said, "I deliberation thing other is going connected that whitethorn beryllium affecting nationalist security," and "I deliberation President Trump deserves a small spot of grace here. But hopefully, astatine nan extremity of nan day, everything will beryllium released. I'm each for nan transparency."

Rep. Scott DesJarlais, R-Tenn., said that while U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi whitethorn not request to merchandise each nan files, "if there's accusation successful those files that shows that personification committed a crime, that there's personification that she has knowledge of that knowingly had activity pinch an underage girl, they request to beryllium prosecuted and I would dream that she would beryllium doing that."

"Pam Bondi made rather a show retired of what she had, and we request a amended mentation than what we've got," said DesJarlais.

He suggested that a bipartisan sheet beryllium fixed entree to nan files for review.

"Do you request to merchandise everything? I don't know. But thing that's criminal, I think, needs to beryllium exposed," he said.

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AG Bondi, Jeffrey Epstein, President Donald Trump. (Getty Images)

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., told Fox News Digital, "I'm judge that nan president is going to want to merchandise immoderate he tin release."

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Johnson went connected to say, "I americium concerned astir nan concatenation of custody" of nan files.

"The Democrats person had power of these files. What person they added? What person they deleted? I don't know. I person nary idea. I'm arsenic funny arsenic anybody else," he said, adding, "I'll spot nan Trump Justice Department to do what is right."

Fox News Digital's David Spector contributed to this report.