Why Is Pam Bondi Ducking Epstein Questions? |
This is the most transparent Justice Department in the history of the United States and maybe all of human existence. Just ask them.
When pressed in November 2025 about DOJ’s handling of the Epstein files, Attorney General Pam Bondi vowed to “follow the law with maximum transparency.” In a December 2025 letter, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche kvelled, “Never in American history has a president or the Department of Justice been this transparent with the American people about such a sensitive law-enforcement matter.” Bondi gushed last month about serving under Trump, “the most transparent president in the nation’s history!” DOJ’s current leadership loves little more than to congratulate itself on its world-historic, crystal-clear, nothing-to-hide transparency.
Let’s give it the benefit of the doubt. Let’s ignore the fact that the Justice Department complied with the Epstein Files Transparency Act over a month late with millions of pages improperly withheld, with victim identities inexcusably revealed, and with the names of various apparent wrongdoers improperly redacted. Let’s take as true (for the sake of argument) Bondi’s claim that she wants nothing more than for the American public to see behind the curtain.
What, then, would we expect of this Most Transparent DOJ Ever when the AG receives a subpoena issued with bipartisan support from a Republican-led congressional committee? Maybe something like: “The attorney general, who prizes transparency above all, looks forward to the opportunity to testify to Congress and the American people.”
Instead, within moments of the subpoena’s issuance, DOJ’s actual response: “Completely unnecessary.”
In that initial statement, the Justice Department offered a glimpse of its strategic game plan: “The Attorney General has always made herself available to speak directly with members of Congress. She continues to have calls and meetings with members of Congress on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which is why the Department offered to brief the........