Former Attorney General Pam Bondi will appear before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on May 29, the committee announced Wednesday.
The panel’s majority announced the appearance the same day its Democratic members said they had begun the process to hold Bondi in civil contempt of Congress after she skipped scheduled testimony earlier this month. The committee had called Bondi in to testify on the Department of Justice’s handling of files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“This is all theater and completely unnecessary. They were happy giving the Clintons a free pass for months. We have secured Bondi’s appearance for May 29,” the House Oversight committee majority posted to X, in response to Democrat’s contempt announcement. “Today, we’re marking up legislation to tackle fraud at the federal level and all Democrats can talk about is Epstein.”
Bill and Hillary Clinton fought subpoenas for months, but eventually both testified before the committee in February. The House Oversight committee, chaired by Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., subpoenaed Bondi in March.
The committee’s ranking member Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., and all other Democratic members filed a contempt resolution Wednesday and claimed Bondi “illegally defied our committee.”
