DOJ says Bondi won't sit for Oversight deposition on Epstein files |
DOJ says Bondi won’t sit for Oversight deposition on Epstein files
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi will not comply with a subpoena to appear before the House Oversight Committee as part of its investigation into the Epstein files, the panel’s Republican leadership said in a statement.
“The Department of Justice has stated Pam Bondi will not appear on April 14 for a deposition since she is no longer Attorney General and was subpoenaed in her capacity as Attorney General,” a spokeswoman for the House Oversight Committee said in a statement.
“The Committee will contact Pam Bondi’s personal counsel to discuss next steps regarding scheduling her deposition.”
The Justice Department did not immediately respond to request for comment.
The panel’s Democrats have refuted that argument, noting that Bondi was subpoenaed by name to sit for a deposition with the panel, as were other former attorneys general.
“Now that Pam Bondi has been fired, she’s trying to get out of her legal obligation to testify before the Oversight Committee about the Epstein files and the White House cover-up,” Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the panel’s ranking member, said in a statement.
“Our bipartisan subpoena is to Pam Bondi, whether she is the Attorney General or not. She must come in to testify immediately, and if she defies the subpoena, we will begin contempt charges in the Congress. The survivors deserve justice.”
The panel’s Democrats have previously said it would take a vote by the panel to withdraw the subpoena.
Passed in a March vote after it was introduced by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), four GOP members backed the move to subpoena Bondi as did all the committee’s Democrats.
It is unlawful to defy a subpoena, and the panel could seek to escalate the matter by voting to refer the matter to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution, something the full House would have to back.
Even if such a measure did advance, it would rest with Trump’s Justice Department whether to file charges.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday had declined to say whether Bondi would be complying with the subpoena.
“What happens now that she’s the former attorney general and there’s the subpoena out there is, I think I’ll leave to Chairman Comer and others to figure out — I don’t have an answer to that,” he said, later adding he would not rule out invoking privileges that might complicate Bondi’s duty to appear.
The panel’s Democrats have previously said it would take a vote by the panel to withdraw the subpoena.
Passed in a March vote after it was introduced by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), four GOP members backed the move to subpoena Bondi as did all the committee’s Democrats.
It is unlawful to defy a subpoena, and the panel could seek to escalate the matter by voting to refer the matter to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution, something the full House would have to back.
Even if such a measure did advance, it would rest with Trump’s Justice Department whether to file charges.
Rep. Summer Lee (D-Pa.) last month walked out of a closed door meeting Bondi and Blanche had with the panel, arguing the then-attorney general was seeking to sidestep the subpoena by holding a meeting with members where, unlike a deposition, she would not be under oath.
“For those keeping track, Pam Bondi is about to be out of compliance with not one but two lawful subpoenas if she fails to show up for a sworn deposition next week,” Lee wrote on X on Monday.
“Even after being fired, she’s still legally obligated to show up. So we’ll see her soon.”
This story was updated at 11:36 a.m.
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