WASHINGTON — Former Attorney General Pam Bondi is backing out of a deposition scheduled for later this month with the House committee investigating the government’s files on child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) last month subpoenaed Bondi following a bipartisan committee vote, in which five Republicans joined all Democrats to demand Bondi’s testimony. But the Justice Department is now telling the panel she no longer has to appear before them since she got fired last month by President Donald Trump.
“The Department of Justice has stated Pam Bondi will not appear on April 14 for a deposition since she is no longer Attorney General and was subpoenaed in her capacity as Attorney General,” said a committee spokesperson. “The Committee will contact Pam Bondi’s personal counsel to discuss next steps regarding scheduling her deposition.”
It’s a curious excuse, as the committee previously issued subpoenas to every recent former U.S. attorney general. All of them except Bill Barr, who served as attorney general during Trump’s first term, issued sworn statements that they didn’t know anything about the Epstein case. But Barr came in for a transcribed interview. Why can’t Bondi?
