Pam Bondi testified before the House Oversight Committee about her role in the Justice Department’s handling of Jeffrey Epstein-related files. The department released millions of documents after public pressure and congressional action, but the releases drew criticism for extensive redactions. Bondi said she delegated oversight of the case to Todd Blanche, her deputy attorney general at the time, and stated she did not personally lead every aspect of the document review. After the closed-door hearing began, Rep. Robert Garcia said Bondi continued to push responsibility and blame onto Acting AG Todd Blanche. Garcia said Bondi claimed Blanche managed the entire investigation and that mistakes including redactions and failures to protect survivors were attributed to Blanche. Garcia also said he asked Bondi multiple times about any conversations with President Donald Trump, and Bondi refused to answer questions involving the president.
"Bondi testified before the House Oversight Committee to discuss her role in the Justice Department's handling of the files related to Jeffrey Epstein. The department released millions of files on Epstein's case following a wave of public pressure and congressional action, but even the releases were criticized due to heavy redactions in the documents. In Bondi's opening statement, the former AG claimed she delegated oversight of the case to Blanche, her deputy attorney general at the time. She also said that she did not lead every aspect of this effort or conduct that document review herself."
"It is clear, in just this part of the of the interview, that she continues to push all of the investigation and the blame on acting AG Todd Blanche. She said, and I quote, Acting AG Blanche was managing the entire investigation. And what you're going to hear in that interview, and what she's saying here in her words and remarks, is that it was Todd Blanche, the current acting AG, that was leading the Epstein investigation."
"And, quite frankly, all of the mistakes that we saw, the redactions, not protecting survivors, she continues to push that back onto the acting AG Todd Blanche who, by the way, was Donald Trump's former personal lawyer. Garcia added that he asked Bondi five separate times about any conversations about the case she may have had with President Donald Trump. The former AG, Garcia continued, refused to answer any questions involving the president."
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