Comer subpoenas Pam Bondi over Epstein files

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer on Tuesday issued a subpoena to Attorney General Pam Bondi, demanding that she testify before the panel about the DOJ's efforts to release the Epstein Files.

"The Committee has questions regarding the Department of Justice's handling of the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and his associates and its compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act," he wrote.

The subpoena marks the latest break between the committee and the White House, which has dismissed the Epstein matter as a "hoax" and sought to move past the controversy.

Congress previously passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, mandating that the Department of Justice release all files in its possession on the Epstein case, with limited redactions. The DOJ's sluggish release of the files drew scrutiny from Congress.

Earlier this year, the committee interview Bill and Hillary Clinton, after which Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., opined that Epstein was likely conducting a honeypot operation to gather intelligence, contradicting a memo from Kash Patel's FBI that said the bureau found no evidence of such a thing.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.