Pam Bondi has emerged from self-exile following right-wing blowback over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and is reasserting control over the Justice Department and her role as attorney general.

President Donald Trump has fiercely resisted calls to release the files over the summer, at times calling the issue a "hoax" pushed by the Democrats.

The Justice Department has snubbed Senate Democrats demanding the release of the Epstein files in its latest move to slow-walk the release of any information about the biggest scandal to hit Donald Trump’s second term.