Democrats in US slam Pam Bondi for refusing to appear for Epstein hearing
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Lawmakers have warned the former Justice Department chief that a congressional subpoena for her testimony remains in effect.
Lawmakers in the United States House of Representatives have called on former Attorney General Pam Bondi to address a committee probing how the government handled files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
On Thursday, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee accused Bondi of stonewalling Congress’s oversight powers and defying a subpoena for her testimony.
Their statement comes one day after the Department of Justice said Bondi would not testify since she was no longer attorney general. She was fired on April 2.
“It is shameful that Pam Bondi is still trying to protect powerful men and their connections to Jeffrey Epstein,” the Democrats said in a social media post. “She must come before our committee and answer our questions.”
Bondi was subpoenaed last month to testify about the release of the Epstein files, which was compelled under the November passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
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