Bondi will face questions in April regarding his compliance with the Trump administration’s Epstein File Transparency Act.
Published March 17, 2026
A U.S. Congressional subcommittee has subpoenaed Attorney General Pam Bondi and forced her to testify in a closed-door hearing as part of its investigation into convicted former sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The subpoenas were issued Tuesday after the U.S. House Oversight Committee voted in favor of issuing them earlier this month.
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In a letter Tuesday, committee chairman James Comer explained that Mr. Bondi is required to file an affidavit on April 14th.
“The committee has questions regarding the handling of the Department of Justice’s investigation of Jeffrey Epstein and his associates and compliance with the Epstein File Transparency Act,” Comer wrote.
“As Attorney General, you have direct responsibility for overseeing the Department’s collection, review, and decisions regarding the release of files under the Epstein File Transparency Act, and therefore the Committee believes that you have valuable insight into these efforts.”
Reuters reported that the Justice Department, which Bondi oversees, has not yet commented on the request.
Bondi testified separately before the House Judiciary Committee in February, where lawmakers slammed him over President Donald Trump’s administration’s handling of the Epstein file.
Since President Trump took office for a second term in 2025, Bondi has faced repeated criticism for his handling of the Epstein files.
For example, in a February 2025 interview, she told Fox News that Epstein’s “client list” “is sitting on my desk right now.” However, by July of the same year, she retracted her statement, stating that no such list existed.
The Trump administration also faced criticism for failing to deliver on its promise to be transparent about the high-profile case.
Hundreds of victims have come forward in recent years to claim they were sexually abused by Epstein, a wealthy and well-connected financier who died in custody in 2019.
Mr. Trump was one of the influential figures Mr. Epstein brought into his social circle, but the two eventually had a falling out.
Congress passed the Epstein File Transparency Act in November, forcing the Trump administration to release the entire federal case file related to Epstein.
However, the Trump administration has been accused of heavily redacting documents and concealing the names of powerful people involved in the files.
The Epstein File Transparency Act allowed only limited redactions to protect the identity of the victim.
Representatives Thomas Massey and Ro Khanna and others said the Justice Department’s edits went far beyond what was permissible.
Massey and Khanna also questioned why the Justice Department did not meet the legal deadline to release the Epstein files and why some documents appeared to be missing from the release in late January.
On Tuesday, Mr. Khanna, a Democrat, weighed in on Mr. Bondi’s upcoming testimony and praised bipartisan lawmakers for demanding accountability.
Congressmen like Massey and Nancy Mace “have shown they can hold the Epstein class accountable by working across the aisle and putting the American people before the party,” he wrote.
Khanna added: “What questions do you think Bondi has to answer under oath?”
