DEADLINE DAY: It’s been nearly 300 days since AG Pam Bondi announced the first phase of the release of the files surrounding the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Back then, Bondi offered a boisterous claim, telling Fox News that the Epstein client list was “sitting on my desk right now to review.”

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