Epstein files: House panel subpoenas AG Pam Bondi to appear for deposition

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Tuesday said it has subpoenaed Attorney General Pam Bondi to sit for a deposition on the Department of Justice’s handling of matters related to notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The Republican-led committee voted to approve the subpoena for Bondi to be deposed on April 14, Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said in a letter to the AG.

The panel wants to question Bondi about the DOJ’s compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which passed with overwhelming support in Congress and was signed by President Donald Trump in mid-November.

Lawmakers also have questions about the department’s handling of its investigation into Epstein, who died in a jailhouse suicide in 2019 while facing federal sex-trafficking charges, and his associates, Comer’s letter said.

Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted in 2021 of procuring young girls for Epstein, was interviewed by top DOJ official Todd Blanche in July. Maxwell, who is seeking clemency from Trump, said in that interview that she was unaware of any wrongdoing by the president, a former friend of Epstein’s.

The DOJ did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment on the subpoena.

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