Former Lawyer Common Pam Bondi is not anticipated to take a seat for a closed-door deposition subsequent week, after the Division of Justice knowledgeable the Home Oversight Committee on Wednesday that its subpoena is basically moot as a result of it sought Bondi’s testimony in an “official capability as Lawyer Common” — and President Donald Trump removed her from office last week.
Bondi had been anticipated to testify behind closed doorways on April 14, pursuant to the committee’s bipartisan subpoena — following bipartisan consternation of her dealing with of the Epstein paperwork and the division’s compliance with the Epstein Transparency Act.
Lawyer Common Pam Bondi testifies earlier than a Home Judiciary Committee oversight listening to on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 11, 2026, in Washington.
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“The Committee issued the subpoena to Ms. Bondi in her official capability as Lawyer Common, moderately than her private capability,” Assistant Lawyer Common Patrick D. Davis, wrote Home Oversight Committee Chair James Comer on Wednesday. “Certainly, the subpoena is particularly addressed to ‘Pamela J. Bondi, Lawyer Common of the US’ and the accompanying cowl letter particularly seeks info from her ‘[a]s Lawyer Common[.]'”
The letter says that since Bondi is now not lawyer basic, she “now not can testify in her official capability as Lawyer Common” and that “the Division’s place is that the subpoena now not obligates her to look on April 14.”
“We kindly ask that you just affirm that the subpoena is withdrawn,” Davis wrote.
Nonetheless, the Home Oversight Committee signaled it is going to proceed to pursue Bondi’s testimony as its investigation stretches deeper into the summer season. A supply near the matter advised ABC Information that Comer has not but withdrawn the subpoena.
“The committee will contact Pam Bondi’s private counsel to debate subsequent steps relating to scheduling her deposition,” an Oversight Committee spokeswoman stated.
Chairman James Comer speaks to the media following a closed-door briefing for members of the Home Oversight and Authorities Reform Committee, on the Justice Division’s dealing with of the Epstein investigation and compliance with the Epstein Information Transparency Act on Capitol Hill, March 18, 2026.
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It is unclear whether or not Bondi has retained counsel within the aftermath of her abrupt departure from the division final week.
Rating Member Rep. Robert Garcia stated Bondi should are available to testify within the committee’s Epstein probe “instantly” — arguing that the subpoena applies to Bondi regardless that she is now not main the DOJ.
“Now that Pam Bondi has been fired, she’s attempting to get out of her authorized obligation to testify earlier than the Oversight Committee in regards to the Epstein recordsdata and the White Home cover-up,” Garcia stated in an announcement. “Our bipartisan subpoena is to Pam Bondi, whether or not she is the Lawyer Common or not. She should are available to testify instantly, and if she defies the subpoena, we’ll start contempt fees within the Congress.”
Republican Rep. Nancy Mace, a member of the Home Oversight Committee who known as for Bondi to testify, reacted on Wednesday, encouraging Comer to “maintain the road” and publicly name for the previous lawyer basic to testify.
“Bondi’s removing as Lawyer Common doesn’t erase her obligation to testify and doesn’t finish Congressional oversight,” Mace wrote in a social media put up. “The American folks need to know whether or not Congress was misled and whether or not details about Jeffrey Epstein and his associates is being withheld. Pam Bondi has solutions.”
Rep. Nancy Mace departs following a sequence of Home votes on the Capitol Constructing, March 5, 2026.
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In an announcement, a DOJ spokesperson reiterated that Bondi didn’t must testify due to the “management transition on the Division.”
On Tuesday, in Performing Lawyer Common Todd Blanche’s first information convention as appearing lawyer basic, ABC Information requested him whether or not he anticipated Bondi would adjust to the Home Oversight subpoena.
“Look, as all people is aware of, the Lawyer Common and I went to the Home Oversight a number of weeks in the past. We answered each single query requested for a pair hours,” Blanche stated. “What occurs now that she’s the previous lawyer basic and there is the subpoena out there’s, I feel I will depart it to — to Chairman Comer and others to determine.”
However pressed on whether or not the DOJ would search to invoke any sort of privilege over Bondi’s testimony, Blanche declined to rule it out.
“I undoubtedly didn’t say that,” Blanche stated. “I stated I’ll depart it to Chairman Comer to work out with others. I simply do not have a solution for you. However I am not committing to something. I am simply saying I do not — I do not know.”
