Pam Bondi Set to Testify in Epstein Probe After Democrats Threaten Contempt Charges

The House Oversight Committee announced that former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi will testify next month in a closed-door deposition as part of its ongoing investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal network. This development comes after Democrats on the committee filed a resolution to hold Bondi in contempt of Congress for her failure to appear under subpoena earlier this month.

Bondi was initially scheduled to testify on April 14 but declined to appear. The Justice Department intervened, arguing that the subpoena was issued to Bondi in her official capacity as attorney general, a role she no longer holds. A senior DOJ official sent a letter to the committee stating that Bondi would not comply since she had left office.

The committee’s Democrats, joined by five Republicans, pushed forward with the subpoena, signaling bipartisan concern over Bondi’s role in the Epstein saga. Ranking Member Robert Garcia did not mince words, blaming Bondi for the delay and accusing her of illegally defying the committee’s authority.

“This obstruction underscores the challenge of holding elites accountable,” Garcia said. “Pam Bondi has illegally defied our committee, skipped her deposition, and has refused to cooperate.”

Bondi’s testimony is part of a broader congressional effort to unravel the Epstein case’s tangled web of corruption and cover-ups. Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act last November, mandating the release of Justice Department records related to federal investigations of Epstein and his known accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.

Despite releasing roughly 3 million pages of documents, the Justice Department withheld millions more, citing survivor privacy and ongoing investigations. Bondi, who drew bipartisan criticism over the agency’s handling of these records, is now under intense scrutiny for her past actions as Florida’s top law enforcement official.

Her deposition follows the committee’s high-profile questioning of figures like former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and billionaire Les Wexner. Each testimony has peeled back layers of complicity and institutional failure that allowed Epstein’s abuses to continue unchecked.

Bondi’s upcoming testimony is a pivotal moment. It will test whether congressional investigators can break through the wall of silence protecting Epstein’s enablers and finally deliver some measure of accountability in a case defined by privilege and impunity.