A rumor that former U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi released nude images of President Donald Trump on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's island as revenge for her firing spread online in early April 2026.
For example, social media user Andy Borowitz claimed on April 4, "Seeking revenge for her abrupt termination, on Saturday former Attorney General Pam Bondi released a trove of naked photos of Donald J. Trump on Jeffrey Epstein's island."
His Facebook post received more than 50,000 reactions, as of this writing, and the claim spread to X. The post also claimed Bondi said of the photos, "Oopsy, I guess I forgot to redact these."
(Facebook user Andy Borowitz)
The story spread as speculation emerged surrounding what precipitated Bondi's ouster. Many claimed Trump fired her over her handling of the investigation files on Epstein, which the Department of Justice began releasing in late 2025 as pressure from lawmakers for reached its peak — particularly given Trump's documented association with Epstein.
Some users seemed to interpret the rumor about the former attorney general releasing revenge nudes of Trump as true. Snopes readers contacted us to ask about its legitimacy.
We first used search engines such as DuckDuckGo, Bing and Yahoo. If Bondi had really released nude, unredacted images of Trump on Epstein's island, as claimed, journalists with reputable news outlets, such as The Associated Press or Reuters, would have widely reported on it. Those search inquiries would have uncovered such evidence.
That was not the case. We did not find any credible reporting about Bondi releasing nude images of Trump, nor did we find evidence she said, "Oopsy, I guess I forgot to redact these," in a "brief official statement."
According to Bondi's X account, her only official statement (archived) following her firing from the Department of Justice was on April 2, in which she reiterated her allegiance to Trump.
We identified the rumor's original source: The Borowitz Report, an outlet that produces satirical content that parodies political news. Andy Borowitz first shared the rumor on April 2.
Borowitz wrote on the website's About page:
I've been writing satirical news since I was eighteen. This represents either commitment to a genre or arrested development.
The New Yorker featured The Borowitz Report as a column for 25 years; Borowitz announced in 2023 that the magazine dropped his column for financial reasons.
Snopes has debunked other claims about Bondi stemming from The Borowitz Report. For example, in January 2026, we alerted readers to a fake story about Bondi firing a Department of Justice employee for having a copy of the U.S. Constitution on his desk.
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