Attorney General Pam Bondi is being subpoenaed by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform over the Justice Department’s handling of the Epstein Files, after a small group of Republicans joined Democrats to force the move.
The committee voted 24–19 on Wednesday to issue the subpoena.
The effort was led by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) and supported by four other Republicans:
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN), Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX), and Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA).
Democrats on the panel joined the group of Republicans to push the measure through.
Committee Escalates Oversight Fight
Before the vote, House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-KY) said Bondi had agreed to provide private, small-group briefings to lawmakers about the Justice Department’s handling of the documents.
Members of the committee ultimately chose to pursue a formal appearance under subpoena instead, escalating the ongoing dispute over what information has and has not been released from the Epstein files.
Mace Argues Public Still Lacks Full Transparency
Rep. Nancy Mace framed the subpoena as a transparency issue and argued that key information remains undisclosed.
“Bondi claims the DOJ has released all of the Epstein files. The record is clear: they have not,” Mace wrote on X.
“The Epstein case is one of the greatest cover-ups in American history. His global sex trafficking network is larger than what is being revealed,” she wrote.
“Three million documents have been released, and we still don’t have the full truth. Videos are missing. Audio is missing. Logs are missing. There are millions more documents out there,” she wrote.
“We want to know why the DOJ is more focused on shielding the powerful than delivering justice. The American people deserve answers, victims deserve justice. HOLD. THE. LINE,” Mace posted.
Democrats Back Subpoena
Democrats on the committee argued that Bondi should testify directly before Oversight rather than limiting her comments to closed-door briefings.
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) said her testimony would allow lawmakers to question the department directly about the release of the documents.
“The attorney general has gone to speak, obviously, to other committees,” Garcia said.
“I think it’s important that she is in front of our committee. She can directly answer questions about the release of the files, about transparency, about ensuring that victims and survivors are protected.”
Bondi Points To Millions Of Pages Already Released
Bondi has defended the Justice Department’s work and emphasized the scale of the material already made public.
During an appearance before the House Judiciary Committee last month, Bondi said the department was complying with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
“More than 500 attorneys and reviewers spent thousands of hours painstakingly reviewing millions of pages to comply with Congress’s law. We’ve released more than 3 million pages, including 180,000 images, all to the public, while doing our very best in the time frame allotted by the legislation to protect victims,” Bondi said.
Oversight Committee Expands Epstein Probe
The subpoena vote comes as the committee broadens its investigation into individuals connected to Epstein.
On Tuesday, the panel announced it had invited several high-profile figures, including Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, to participate in transcribed interviews related to the case.
The requests are part of a wider congressional effort to determine the scope of Epstein’s network and whether additional information remains unreleased.
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