Subject: [EXTERNAL EMAIL) - FBI Daily News Briefing - July 21, 2025

From: Subject: [EXTERNAL EMAIL) - FBI Daily News Briefing - July 21, 2025 Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 10:15:08 +0000 Importance: Normal EFTA00163766 EFTA00163767 EFTA00163768 Senator Says AG Bondi Instructed FBI Agents to Flag Epstein Files That Mentioned Trump The Washington Examiner (07/18, Hallas) reported that Senator Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Senate Democrat, has accused the Justice Department of ordering the FBI to "flag" files related to the Jeffrey Epstein case that mentioned President Donald Trump, with Durbin stating that AG Bondi instructed FBI agents to flag these files in February and March ahead of their promised release to the public. According to Durbin, AG Bondi pressured the FBI to review approximately 100,000 Epstein-related records on an arbitrarily short deadline, with around 1,000 personnel working on 24-hour shifts, and hundreds of FBI New York Field Office personnel were instructed to "flag" any records in which President Trump was mentioned. Durbin has ca