Conservative influencers, who had banked on explosive revelations implicating elites, were incensed. Bondi’s office had built expectations with Phase 1 of the “Epstein Files” back in February—a series of binders handed out to right-wing media figures that mostly repackaged previously leaked information. With the July memo’s flat conclusions, fury erupted.

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