House Subpoenas Pam Bondi Over Withheld Epstein Files

The House Oversight Committee voted 24-19 on March 4, 2026, to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify regarding the Justice Department's handling of Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking records. The move, led by Representative Nancy Mace and supported by a bipartisan coalition, follows reports that the department withheld over 47,000 documents from a public database, including FBI interview summaries from a woman alleging she was sexually assaulted by both Epstein and President Donald Trump in 1983.

While the Justice Department initially attributed the missing files to technical errors and the need for further redactions to protect survivors, analysts from The Wall Street Journal and CBS News found that references to Donald Trump had disappeared from searchable records. The department later announced it would repopulate approximately 47,635 files by March 6.

Attorney General Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche defended the agency's actions, stating they complied with the Epstein Files Transparency Act and released over 3 million pages. However, Representative Mace characterized the situation as one of the greatest cover-ups in American history. White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson denied the allegations against the president, asserting he has been totally exonerated regarding Epstein. Concurrent with these developments, the committee took depositions from Bill and Hillary Clinton regarding the president's past connections to Epstein.