The U.S. Justice Department is now reviewing 5.2 million pages of Epstein files. And we already know that those pages were all on the desk of U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi, because she told us so.
Which leads to an interesting question: How big is Pam Bondi’s desk?
Let’s assume that Bondi doesn’t pile papers higher than 12 inches. Otherwise it might be difficult to conduct meetings in her office.
Let’s further assume that the sheets are 8.5 x 11 inches in size, and are standard 20 lb bond copy paper. That means she can fit about 3000 pages in each pile.
5.2 million pages would therefore require 5,200,000 / 3000 piles of paper, or just about 1733 piles. So how big does Pam Bondi’s desk need to be?
Let’s multiply 1733 piles by the ratio of page area to square feet. This give us 1733 x (8.5 x 11) / (12 x 12), or about 1125 square feet.
A standard desk is about twice as wide as it is deep, so the depth of Pam Bondi’s desk must be around the square root of half of 1125.
And that give us our answer: Pam Bondi’s desk is at least around 47 feet wide by around 24 feet deep.
The desk is probably a bit larger than that, to account for gaps between the piles. Also, she needs some space to put down her coffee cup.
No wonder they need to build that new White House ballroom.