Hey, from CNN. I'm AfomaDK, with the five things you need to know for Thursday, June 4th.

We start with new details on former Attorney General Pam Bondi's closed-door interview with lawmakers

last month. In a transcript of her interview released today, Bondi said acting attorney

general Todd Blanche was responsible for overseeing the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

The DOJ has released about 3 million files compelled by Congress,

but Bondi was pushed to explain the holdup releasing another 3 million files.

She argued the documents are all released to her knowledge,

and argued that the remaining files are either duplicates or privileged materials.

She also deferred to FBI director Cash Patel on whether the Bureau had turned over all

relevant documents to the Justice Department.

This comes as Trump is expected to formally nominate Blanche to be Attorney General, replacing

Bondi as AG after Trump fired her. More news coming up, including Trump's controversial fund at the center of a voter-rama.

Senate Republicans rejected multiple efforts to formally kill President Donald Trump's push for a $1.8 billion fund to compensate people who claim they were victimized by the government.

They shot down efforts led by Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and retiring North Carolina Republican Senator Tom Tillis.

During a marathon voting session for the immigration funding package today, the lawmakers introduced amendments to kill the anti-weaponization fund, putting the immigration

enforcement bill in jeopardy.

GOP Senator Bill Cassidy also seemed interested in introducing an amendment to shut down the fund,

which critics say could serve as a slush fund for Trump allies and could grant payouts to

rioters who attacked police officers during the January 6th, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

CNN's Lauren Fox is on Capitol Hill.

And they were stuck on the First Amendment for a considerable amount of time because there

were a number of Republicans who wanted to vote with Democrats in order to send this bill

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