In the (alleged) interests of transparency, AG Pam Bondi and Deputy AG Todd Blanche released a statement overnight that included a list of all government officials and politically-exposed persons that appeared in The Epstein Files.

The term "politically exposed persons" was not defined in the Act, but consistent with Section 3 of the Act, Department reviewers were directed to notate "all government officials and politically exposed persons named or referenced" in any document, including videos and images, reviewed during this process.

This list includes (as directed by the Act) all persons where (1) they are or were a government official or politically exposed person and (2) their name appears in the files released under the Act at least once. Names appear in the files released under the Act in a wide variety of contexts.

For example, some individuals had extensive direct email contact with Epstein or Maxwell while other individuals are mentioned only in a portion of a document (including press reporting) that on its face is unrelated to the Epstein and Maxwell matters.

So, while we have seen 'lists' before, this is the official DoJ list of potential pedophiles, pizza eaters, or island-partiers (allegedly)...

• Acosta, Alexander

• Adelson, Miriam

• Allen, Woody

• Allred, Gloria

• Assange, Julian

• Audrey, Strauss

• Avakian, Stephanie

• Babino, Vincent

• Baldwin, Alec

• Band, Doug

• Bannon, Steve

• Barak, Ehud

• Barr, William

• Becerra, Xavier

• Belohlavek, Lanna

• Berman, Geoffrey

• Beyonce

• Bezos, Jeff

• Biden, Ashley

• Biden, Hunter

• Biden, Jill

• Biden, Joe

• Birger, Laura

• Bistricer, David

• Bistricer, Marc

• Black, Leon

• Blanche, Todd

• Blinken, Antony

• Boies, David

• Bondi, Pam

• Bongino, Dan

• Bono

• Book, Lauren

• Booker, Cory

• Bowdich, David

• Boyd, Stephen E.

• Bradshaw, Ric

• Branson, Richard

• Brennan, John

• Brockman, John

• Brunel, Jean Luc

• Buckley, Sean

• Bull, Gerald

• Bush Jr., George

• Bush, George W.

• Bush, Jeb

• Byrne, Patrick

• Calk, Stephen

• Capone, Russell

• Carlson, Tucker

• Carper, Tom

• Castro, Fidel

• Cheney, Dick

• Cher

• Chomsky, Noam

• Clayton, Jay

• Clinton, Bill

• Clinton, Chelsea

• Clinton, Hillary

• Clooney, George

• Cobain, Kurt

• Cohen, Michael

AND ON AND ON...