Comer formally subpoenas Pam Bondi over Epstein investigation

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Tuesday formally subpoenaed Attorney General Pam Bondi to answer questions about the Epstein files.

The committee voted earlier this month to subpoena Bondi, following a motion from Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), who said it was unclear whether the Justice Department had turned over all records related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that were required under a law mandating their release.

“The Committee has questions regarding the Department of Justice’s handling of the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and his associates and its compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act,” Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) wrote in the cover letter of the subpoena.

“As Attorney General, you are directly responsible for overseeing the Department’s collection, review, and determinations regarding the release of files pursuant to the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and the Committee therefore believes that you possess valuable insight into these efforts.”

The subpoena requests Bondi appear for an April 14 deposition.

The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

In pushing to subpoena Bondi, Mace accused the attorney general of “obfuscating.”

“There’s over 65,000 documents missing, and we know there are more than 2,000 videos that are out there. They’re not giving Congress all the information or all the documents, and they’re obfuscating. And I’d like to ask questions about that in our deposition,” Mace told reporters shortly after the vote.

The Justice Department has faced numerous accusations that it failed to meet the letter of the law in sharing the files related to Epstein, including various deadlines.

As recently as this month, the Justice Department was pushed to release another tranche of records, this time relating to a woman who spoke with the FBI four times and alleged President Trump sexually assaulted her when she was a minor. The White House has said the claims are false, while the Justice Department has said the files include “untrue and ​sensationalist claims made against President Trump.” 

That release came after various media outlets found that at least 50 pages of documents related to the woman’s claims were not publicly posted. Even after the later release, NPR and independent journalist Roger Sollenberger said about 30 pages of documents were still missing.

The sponsors of the legislation requiring the Justice Department to release the files, Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), have also complained about the number of redactions in the files, saying they shield Epstein’s allies in some instances while in other cases they reveal victims’ identities.

In reviewing the unredacted files at a Justice Department office, they were alarmed many of the documents came to the department in a redacted format and also accused them of wrongly shielding some names.

After reviewing the unredacted files last month, the two congressmen said they found six people who were likely criminally implicated, but their names had been redacted. Khanna later read the names on the House floor.

Updated at 1:42 p.m. EDT

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