Bondi hit with stark reminder she’s still on the hook for Epstein files

Ousted Attorney General Pam Bondi was hit with a fierce reminder Friday that, despite being fired by President Donald Trump this week, she still had a legal obligation to testify before Congress on the Justice Department’s handling of its release of files on Jeffrey Epstein.

Bondi was axed by Trump earlier this week over what reports suggest was the president’s frustration with both her handling of the DOJ’s release of files on Epstein and her inability to secure criminal convictions of his perceived enemies. However, Todd Blanche – who Trump named as Bondi’s temporary successor – has refuted the claim that Trump fired Bondi over matters related to Epstein.

On March 17, Bondi was scheduled to testify before the House Oversight Committee on April 14 regarding her agency’s handling of its release of files on Epstein. While Bondi is now headed to a job in the private sector, Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), who sits on the House Oversight Committee, said Friday that Bondi was not off the hook.

“Let us be clear: AG or not – Pam Bondi is still legally required to appear for her deposition under oath in front of the Oversight Committee on April 14th,” Stansbury wrote in a social media post on X. “We will be expecting you. And we will be holding Bondi and Todd Blanche accountable for their handling of the Epstein case.”

Stansbury is just the latest lawmaker to call for Bondi to testify in the wake of her firing, and is joined by several Democratic lawmakers and at least one Republican lawmaker, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), who noted that the subpoena issued to Bondi was specifically written “by name, not by or not as the sitting attorney general of the U.S.”