Pam Bondi has been subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee as Donald Trump’s Jeffrey Epstein nightmare deepens.
The formal subpoena comes after the committee passed a motion by Republican Representative Nancy Mace earlier this month, amid concerns the Justice Department has failed to turn over all Epstein documents.
Republican Chair James Comer wrote in the cover letter of the subpoena Tuesday that the Committee still had questions over the Justice Department’s ‘handling of the investigation’ into Epstein and his associates.
‘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,’ Comer wrote.
Hardline Republicans Tim Burchett, Lauren Boebert, Michael Cloud, and Scott Perry broke ranks to vote with Democrats to compel Bondi to appear.
Bondi is the latest big name to be snared by the Committee, which last month grilled Bill and Hillary Clinton over their relationship with the pedophile and his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell.
The Attorney General has faced fury from across the political spectrum over her botched release of the Epstein files, including leaving victims’ names unredacted while keeping secret the names of alleged abusers.
Bondi clashed with lawmakers at a tense House Judiciary Committee hearing last month, deflecting questions about the administration’s performance by pointing to the Dow soaring past 50,000 points.
Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Justice Department, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, February 11
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in a photo released by the Justice Department
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Bondi promised to release the files shortly after taking up leadership of the DOJ but the first tranche of documents she disclosed were already widely circulated.
Pressure on Trump to release the full files ratcheted up last year, eventually culminating in the Epstein Transparency Act, a bipartisan bill that forced the Justice Department to publish the remaining files.
More than 3 million Epstein related documents were finally released at the end of January, including new mentions of Trump, as well as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
Lutnick agreed to testify after a new photo emerged showing him with Epstein on the pedophile’s private island, Comer announced earlier this month.
Trump, meanwhile, declared Lutnick a ‘very innocent guy.’
He was ultimately subpoenaed after Mace threatened to force a formal vote.
