00:00The House Oversight Committee has officially subpoenaed Attorney General Pam Bondi to answer
00:04questions about the possible, quote, mismanagement of her department's probe into sexual predator
00:10Jeffrey Epstein. Bondi's handling of the Epstein files has been criticized by a handful of lawmakers
00:14on both sides, and the committee has asked the AG to appear on April 14th. A letter accompanying the
00:21subpoena from Chairman James Comer reads in part, quote, as Attorney General, you are directly
00:25responsible for overseeing the department's collection, review, and determinations regarding
00:30the release of files pursuant to the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and the committee therefore
00:35believes that you possess valuable insight into these efforts. Five Republicans, including well-known
00:40firebrands Lauren Boebert of Colorado and Nancy Mace of South Carolina, joined with 19 Democrats to
00:46compel Bondi's testimony. The Justice Department has so far released more than 3 million pages of the
00:52Epstein files since Congress passed a bill demanding they do so back in November.
00:55If you looked through them at all, you would have seen, no doubt, a ton of redactions. Sometimes
01:02entire pages were blacked out, and critics have blasted Bondi as a result. Several lawmakers have
01:08accused the feds of withholding information to protect the rich and powerful and not the victims,
01:13as the DOJ had claimed. And in less than a month, Bondi will have to face those accusations head on.
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