Attorney General Pam Bondi has been subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee as lawmakers escalate their investigation into the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) posted on X ahead of the move: “AG Bondi claims the DOJ has released all of the Epstein files. The record is clear: they have not.”
The subpoena passed after several hardline Republicans broke ranks and joined Democrats to compel Bondi’s testimony.
According to the Daily Mail, Reps. Tim Burchett (R-TN), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Nancy Mace and Scott Perry (R-PA) voted with Democrats to force her appearance.
The Republican-led committee is examining both the Epstein records and how the Justice Department handled their release.
Last week, the panel also moved to compel testimony from Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton over their past connections to Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
Bondi has faced backlash from both sides of the aisle over what critics describe as a flawed document rollout.
Lawmakers have accused the DOJ of leaving victims’ names visible in some disclosures while withholding the identities of alleged abusers.
Bondi previously pledged to release the Epstein files shortly after taking over the department.
However, the first batch of documents made public had already been widely circulated, raising further questions about transparency.
Pressure mounted last year on President Donald Trump to declassify and release the remaining material.
That effort culminated in the bipartisan Epstein Transparency Act, which required the Justice Department to release millions of additional documents.
More than three million Epstein-related records were ultimately released at the end of January, including new mentions of Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, according to the Daily Mail.
Oversight Chairman James Comer confirmed this week that Lutnick has agreed to testify after a newly surfaced photograph showed him with Epstein on the financier’s private island.
Democratic ranking member Robert Garcia said the public still has “significant questions” about what has and has not been released. He stressed that Bondi must appear before the committee to address concerns about transparency and the protection of victims.
The political stakes are rising fast. With lawmakers from both parties demanding answers and millions of pages already released, Bondi now faces a high-profile showdown on Capitol Hill over whether Americans have truly seen the full Epstein file.
