Former US attorney general Pam Bondi testifies in congressional Epstein probe

Former US Attorney General Pam Bondi is appearing successful beforehand of a legislature sheet probing convicted enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Bondi, who was removed from her station arsenic America's apical instrumentality enforcement serviceman by US President Donald Trump successful April, volition attest connected the US Justice Department's handling of its merchandise of the Epstein files.

The grounds successful Washington DC is taking spot down closed doors, but transcripts oregon video mightiness beryllium released astatine a aboriginal time.

Bondi was formally summoned by the House Oversight Committee successful March, conscionable earlier Trump announced her ouster arsenic his administration's apical prosecutor.

The committee's Republican chairman, James Comer, wrote successful a subpoena missive that his committee is investigating the "possible mismanagement" of the Epstein probe and compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Trump signed that measure - which mandated US Department of Justice to publically merchandise unclassified records - into law.

Bondi's summons came weeks aft Nancy Mace, a Republican lawmaker, accused the justness section of a "cover-up" successful releasing the files and introduced a question to subpoena Bondi - the erstwhile lawyer wide of Florida and who served connected Trump's 2020 impeachment defence team.

The Trump medication and Bondi person faced tremendous bipartisan unit to merchandise each documents related to the probe of the sex-trafficking financier and faced disapproval implicit its handling of the files, including its nonaccomplishment to redact the names of Epstein's victims. Epstein died successful situation portion awaiting proceedings successful 2019.

In February 2025, Bondi declared during a Fox News interrogation that she had a database of Epstein's high-profile clients "sitting connected my table close now", lone to person the justness section locomotion backmost the connection that July erstwhile it said determination was nary "client list" and that Bondi had meant the wide lawsuit record was connected her desk.

While her tenure arsenic the country's apical instrumentality enforcement authoritative was dogged by the Epstein files, Bondi besides came nether occurrence by Democrats for weaponising the justness section aft Trump called connected her to much aggressively analyse his governmental adversaries.

She was replaced arsenic AG connected an interim ground by Trump's idiosyncratic lawyer Todd Blanche.

Earlier this week, it was revealed that Bondi, 60, had been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. She told the BBC's US media spouse CBS News that she is undergoing treatment, which included country a fewer weeks ago.

Bondi is acceptable to articulation the White House's caller advisory assembly connected AI, the Presidential Council of Advisors connected Science and Technology.

When Bondi was ousted from the Department of Justice astatine the opening of April, she said she was excited to beryllium entering a relation successful the backstage sector. Bondi's inclusion connected the president's council, known arsenic PCAST, is the archetypal quality of her enactment beyond the department.