Representative Robert Garcia has criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi after she reportedly refused to answer repeated questions regarding the Epstein files during a recent interview. Garcia claimed he asked Bondi multiple times about key details but did not receive clear responses, sparking a heated political exchange.
The controversy centers around growing demands for transparency over the handling and release of documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case. Lawmakers from both parties have increasingly pushed for answers, arguing that the public deserves full disclosure on how the investigation and related records are being managed.
During the exchange, Garcia accused Bondi of avoiding direct answers and failing to address concerns tied to the Epstein files. The remarks have fueled further debate in Washington over accountability, legal oversight, and political transparency.
This video breaks down Garcia’s statements, Bondi’s response, and the wider political implications of the ongoing Epstein files controversy.
Watch for full context, latest updates, and reactions.
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The controversy centers around growing demands for transparency over the handling and release of documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case. Lawmakers from both parties have increasingly pushed for answers, arguing that the public deserves full disclosure on how the investigation and related records are being managed.
During the exchange, Garcia accused Bondi of avoiding direct answers and failing to address concerns tied to the Epstein files. The remarks have fueled further debate in Washington over accountability, legal oversight, and political transparency.
This video breaks down Garcia’s statements, Bondi’s response, and the wider political implications of the ongoing Epstein files controversy.
Watch for full context, latest updates, and reactions.
#EpsteinFiles #BreakingNews #USPolitics #Garcia #PamBondi #Congress #PoliticsNews #USNews #LatestNews #Washington #Trump #JusticeDepartment #PoliticalNews #EpsteinCase #Investigation
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00:00This interview is not being recorded, videotaped, and then released to the American public,
00:06and that she was not brought in under oath.
00:08We continue to say that this should be recorded by video and released to the American public,
00:14and we're also asking that Chairman Comer immediately release the transcripts that right now are being done throughout today.
00:21I want to also say just a few other things.
00:24It is clear in just this part of the interview that she continues to push all of the investigation and
00:35the blame on acting A.G. Todd Blanche.
00:40She said, and I quote, acting A.G. Blanche was managing the entire investigation, end quote.
00:46And what you're going to hear in that interview, and what she's saying here in her words and remarks,
00:54is that it was Todd Blanche, the current acting A.G., that was leading the Epstein investigation,
01:00and quite frankly, all of the mistakes that we saw, the redactions, not protecting survivors,
01:08she continues to push that back onto the acting A.G., Todd Blanche, who, by the way, was Donald Trump's
01:14former personal lawyer.
01:15I also personally asked the former A.G. five times and five different questions about her conversations with President Trump,
01:26whether he directed her at any given time on the Epstein files, what he knew, what he asked her to
01:34redact or not,
01:35and she refused to answer any questions about President Trump.
01:39In fact, she said that she would not speak or respond to any questions that had anything to do with
01:46President Trump.
01:48It's also interesting that sitting next to her is DOJ counsel, somebody that currently works for the Department of Justice,
01:55who on multiple occasions stepped in and told the former Attorney General that she was not going to answer those
02:03questions,
02:03and especially when we ask questions of what the President directed her to do.
02:08The DOJ is in there right now stopping questions about President Trump and about what happened in the release of
02:19these files
02:19and why so many survivors were doxed and their information, of course, released to the public.
02:24And let me also just say, finally, before I turn this over to Liz, to Ms. Stein here,
02:29we asked questions about Ghislaine Maxwell and the transfer.
02:32And again, she referred those questions to Todd Blanche in the Bureau of Prisons.
02:38So let's be clear, we have many questions for Mr. Blanche and for the Bureau of Prisons
02:43that yet Republicans are refusing to ask.
02:45Why was she transferred to a less secure facility?
02:50And Ms. Bondi claims to have no knowledge of the actual transfer,
02:55no knowledge that it was a less secure prison,
02:58and didn't know about it until she found out after the fact,
03:01and then will refuse to answer additional questions.
03:04So let me introduce Ms. Stein, of course, to Brave Survivor with some remarks.
03:13My name is Liz Stein.
03:15In 1994, I was 21 years old and a senior in college
03:21when I met Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein.
03:24For years, the Epstein case has been treated like entertainment in this country,
03:29a spectacle, a conspiracy theory,
03:33an endless cycle of headlines and social media
03:36focused on sensationalism and powerful people.
03:39Republicans versus Democrats.
03:42Conspiracy versus cover-up.
03:45Left versus right.
03:47That framing is wrong.
03:49What has gotten lost in all of this is the reality of what this is,
03:53the crime of sex trafficking.
03:56More than 1,000 vulnerable girls and young women
04:00were identified, groomed, trafficked, and abused
04:03in a system Jeffrey Epstein built around power, coercion, exploitation,
04:10and access to wealth and influence.
04:13And I think many Americans still do not fully understand what that means.
04:19Because if they did,
04:21they would never accept the way that this case is being handled.
04:24The partial release of the Epstein files riddled with redactions
04:29that expose identifying information about survivors
04:33while protecting perpetrators is not just bureaucratic incompetence.
04:38It reflects something much deeper about whose dignity our Department of Justice
04:46is prioritizing and whose suffering it is willing to sacrifice.
04:50And survivors see that clearly.
04:53For survivors, privacy is safety.
04:57Privacy is dignity.
04:59Privacy is the ability to rebuild a life
05:02without being re-traumatized by the very institutions
05:05that are supposed to protect us.
05:08And while survivors identifying information was exposed,
05:12the Department of Justice is simultaneously telling the American people
05:16that there are no additional investigative leads worth pursuing.
05:20We can see with our own eyes when we look at the Epstein files
05:25that this is not true.
05:27These files contain leads, names, connections, friendships, patterns,
05:34witnesses, travel records, financial relationships,
05:38and institutional failures.
05:40In any other sex trafficking case of this magnitude,
05:44those leads would be aggressively pursued.
05:47But in this case, they have not been.
05:50And as citizens of this country, we should all be asking why.
05:54That is why people are losing trust in our Department of Justice.
05:59Not because this case is politically inconvenient,
06:03but because Americans understand instinctively
06:06that justice should not operate differently
06:08for wealthy people who have power.
06:11And that is also why many of us have serious concerns
06:15about today's proceedings.
06:16This should not be a transcribed interview.
06:21Former attorney Pam Bondi should testify under oath on video
06:26with a full transcript and recording released publicly
06:30because the American people deserve transparency.
06:33And accountability cannot only exist when it's politically convenient.
06:39For survivors, this has never been about politics.
06:43It's about whether we, as victims of this crime,
06:46matter when the cameras are off.
06:48It's about whether the United States Department of Justice
06:52is willing to fully confront a massive sex trafficking operation
06:56when wealthy and powerful people are implicated.
07:00That should concern every American
07:02because if the law only applies selectively,
07:06it is liberty for some, but not justice at all.
07:13Now we're going to hear from Melanie Stansbury.
07:17Good afternoon.
07:18I'm Melanie Stansbury,
07:19and I represent New Mexico's First Congressional District,
07:22and I want to be clear today
07:24that one thing is clear,
07:27that this is absolutely a cover-up
07:30and a smokescreen to prevent Pam Bondi
07:33from having to testify under oath
07:36pursuant to a congressional subpoena.
07:39Now let me explain a few things
07:41about what we have seen in the room.
07:44First and foremost,
07:46if Pam Bondi was complying
07:49with a congressional deposition
07:52to testify under oath,
07:55Department of Justice attorneys
07:56would not be intervening
07:58and essentially trying to stop her
08:01from answering basic questions
08:03about her conversations with Donald Trump,
08:06with the administration,
08:08and trying to claim
08:09that she does not have to answer questions.
08:12In fact, as the ranking member said,
08:14she has been asked multiple times
08:17about the Trump administration,
08:19about her conversations with the president,
08:22about her conversations
08:23with other administration officials,
08:25and when asked specifically
08:27about a conversation with Donald Trump,
08:30one of the Department of Justice attorneys
08:32intervened and said
08:34that she did not have to answer the question
08:36because it was a voluntary interview,
08:40and said, in fact,
08:42quote,
08:42we don't even have to assert privilege
08:44because of that,
08:46and said, quote,
08:47we refuse to provide answers.
08:49That means that the United States Department of Justice
08:54is intervening on behalf of Pam Bondi
08:57to stop her from answering questions
08:59about what happened in the cover-up of this case
09:02and her conversations with Donald Trump
09:05and is asserting that she does not have to answer questions
09:08because she is not required to
09:10because she is not being deposed under oath.
09:14This is a cover-up.
09:16This will be remembered
09:18as the largest cover-up likely in American history,
09:21and it is clear
09:22that this interview is a smokescreen
09:25to try to show the American people
09:27that they are complying
09:28while they are not.
09:30Now, I also want to point out
09:31that there is not a single Republican
09:34in the room besides the chairman.
09:37For a supposed group of individuals
09:40who care deeply about justice for the survivors,
09:44not a single Republican
09:46could be bothered to travel across the country today
09:50to come hear testimony
09:51from the former Attorney General.
09:54Not one.
09:55They're not here.
09:56And they won't allow this interview
09:59to be put on video
10:01for the American people to see.
10:03And that means that only those of us
10:06who are allowed in the room
10:07can tell you what is actually happening.
10:10And what I can tell you
10:11is that when we started to ask a difficult question,
10:14Ms. Bondi got combative.
10:17The DOGA attorneys began rolling their eyes.
10:20They started intervening,
10:22and they tried to shut down any questions
10:26about the president
10:27and the administration's handling of the files.
10:31Now, I just want to end by saying
10:33this could all end now.
10:35The administration could end this
10:37by releasing the 3 million files they still have.
10:40In fact, Pam Bondi confirmed
10:41that they had 6 million files in their possession
10:45and have only released 3 million.
10:47She said that today.
10:48They could end this now
10:50by investigating crimes of known perpetrators
10:53that we have seen in the files.
10:55They could end this now
10:57by turning the Epstein files into Epstein trials.
11:00And they could end this now
11:01by actually speaking with survivors.
11:04And Pam Bondi herself said today
11:06that she had never spoken to a single survivor.
11:10She said that multiple times in the room today.
11:14So it's time to end the cover-up.
11:16Now, I turn it now
11:18to Mr. Maxwell Frost of Florida's 10th.
11:21Thank you, I'll be really quick.
11:22Every single one of our questions
11:24got one of three responses.
11:26One, not to my recollection, or I don't know.
11:29Number two, talk with Todd Blanche.
11:31I don't know anything about it.
11:33And number three,
11:34I am not talking about Donald Trump.
11:36Those are the three answers
11:37we're getting to every single question that we ask.
11:40This actually really reminds me
11:41of our deposition with Alex Acosta,
11:43where he obviously didn't know anything
11:45about anything going on in his own damn office.
11:47It's the same thing with Pam Bondi.
11:49Either she doesn't know,
11:50or Todd Blanche was running the entire operation.
11:53So, okay, we're going to want to talk with Todd Blanche.
11:56And we're hoping that not just Chairman Comer,
11:59but every single Republican on this committee
12:00join us in issuing a subbeda to him
12:02because we need to speak with him
12:03because obviously the former Attorney General
12:05is in that room placing every single thing
12:08on the current acting Attorney General
12:10of the United States.
12:11And the fact that she won't answer any questions
12:14relating to Donald Trump
12:15is disgusting and shows just how much
12:17of a cover-up this is.
12:19First, it started off with her saying,
12:21I'm not going to talk about any private conversations
12:23I've had with the President.
12:24Okay.
12:25Then we ask questions about the President generally.
12:28And she says,
12:29I'm not answering any questions
12:30having to do with the President at all.
12:33Anytime we ask for any information
12:34relating to this administration,
12:36somebody from the Department of Justice
12:38sitting right next to her
12:39puts their hand over the mic
12:41and tells her,
12:42do not answer that question.
12:44It's disgusting.
12:45It's a cover-up in broad daylight.
12:48And what they're hoping will happen
12:49is we'll walk out of here
12:50and we'll stop,
12:51but we're not going to stop.
12:52We are committed to this.
12:54We're not going to let this story die.
12:56We're not going to allow the survivors
12:57to just go off, right,
12:59and people forget about this.
13:01We're going to keep fighting for justice.
13:03We're going to talk with Todd Blanche.
13:04We're going to talk with people
13:05and we're going to get the answers here.
13:07We're not going to let this story die.
13:08It's a disgrace what Pam Bondi's doing in that room.
13:11It's the same thing she did months ago
13:12when she came to try to evade this appena
13:15by coming in and speaking to us,
13:16not under oath,
13:17but we're going to keep this fight up.
13:21I got it.
13:23Thank you all so much for being here.
13:24I'm summerly representing
13:26Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district.
13:28And listen, my colleagues have really laid it out.
13:30But what we've been seeing
13:31has been a consistent theme,
13:33not just since last August
13:35when our rating member Garcia and I
13:39were able to help to secure
13:40the initial subpoena
13:41to actually bring in the DOJ
13:44to release all of the fouls to our committee,
13:46but it has been an ongoing theme here.
13:49What we just witnessed from Pam Bondi,
13:51what she demonstrated was
13:53the fact that they believe
13:55and that they are an unaccountable DOJ
13:58that's running cover for
14:00and protecting an unaccountable
14:02president and administration.
14:04But the real problem
14:05is that while we might expect
14:07Donald Trump to move in this way,
14:09someone who has himself
14:10been named in these fouls,
14:12we shouldn't expect
14:13that Chairman Comer,
14:15that our Congress,
14:16that Republicans here,
14:17sorry to make it political,
14:19but those folks who do have the power
14:21to actually use
14:23what influence,
14:24what tools we have
14:26with the United States Congress
14:27to actually bring about
14:28some justice right now
14:29and to allow her
14:30to continually evade justice,
14:33to evade questions,
14:34as we've seen today,
14:35is a continuation
14:37of the indignity
14:38that they've inflicted
14:39upon our survivors,
14:40the indignity they've inflicted
14:43upon the American population
14:44who have continuously
14:45had to watch
14:46an unaccountable justice system,
14:48a two-tier justice system
14:49in our country,
14:51and people all over the world
14:52who are looking to see
14:53if the United States
14:54will get their shit together.
14:55And the reality is
14:57is that they are refusing
14:58to do that.
15:00Every step of this last year
15:01that we've gone through
15:03this process,
15:03which is, as we know,
15:05simply a renewed process here
15:07because survivors
15:08have been fighting
15:09for justice for decades now.
15:11But since the Congress
15:12has taken up
15:13this particular fight
15:14in the ways
15:15that we've been able to
15:16by being able to press
15:17for subpoenas,
15:18we've seen over and over
15:20and over an unwillingness
15:21of power
15:22to be accountable to people,
15:23an unwillingness
15:24of our Congress
15:25to be a co-equal branch
15:26of government
15:27with the presidency,
15:28with the executive branch,
15:30and surely an unwillingness
15:32for us to actually demonstrate
15:33that we are willing
15:34to put women,
15:35children,
15:35and survivors first.
15:38So right now,
15:39what we want to do
15:39and what we're committed
15:40to doing
15:40is continuing to keep
15:41the main story
15:42the main story.
15:43That justice doesn't
15:44have a time limit.
15:45And no matter how much
15:46Comer or Bondi or Blanche
15:48or Trump or whoever else
15:50fights back against
15:52the truth coming out,
15:53that this fight
15:54will continue.
15:55That we will not relent
15:57until every single person
15:59who has been impacted
16:00not just by Jeffrey Epstein
16:02or Ghislaine Maxwell,
16:04but everyone who's
16:05being covered up
16:05are hidden
16:06and the fouls
16:07are in people's
16:08personal knowledge
16:09that they won't share
16:10truthfully with us
16:11in whether they're
16:12unofficial transcripts
16:13or real depositions
16:14on the record.
16:15But it's important
16:16that they recognize
16:17that not only will
16:18the oversight dim,
16:19but also the American people
16:20will not back down.
16:21The survivors have not
16:22and will not back down.
16:23And it's important
16:23that we continue
16:24to keep this pressure
16:25on them
16:25and remind them
16:27that legally binding
16:28subpoenas
16:29must be answered.
16:31So right now,
16:32Pam Bondi
16:32is in noncompliance
16:34with two for herself.
16:36And we have to keep
16:37putting our pressure
16:37on them.
16:38And we'll continue
16:39to do that.
16:39I will hand it over
16:40now to Rep Superman.
16:43I just want to talk
16:44about the survivors
16:45for a second.
16:45Thank you so much
16:46for your words.
16:47They're here today.
16:48They were with us
16:49in Palm Beach
16:49a few weeks ago
16:50when we had a hearing there.
16:51And they've asked
16:52the Department of Justice
16:53repeatedly to meet with them.
16:55They've asked repeatedly
16:56to release certain files
16:57to them at least
16:58as their witness statements.
17:00And so we asked Pam Bondi
17:01about that today.
17:02She said it wouldn't be
17:03appropriate to meet
17:04with them for some reason.
17:06She said she doesn't
17:07recall anything about them
17:08asking for their
17:09witness statements.
17:10She's forgotten all about
17:12all of their requests,
17:13even their public letters.
17:14It seems as though she was
17:16ignoring survivors
17:17this whole time,
17:18which is pretty astounding
17:19to me.
17:20So I also asked her
17:22pretty basic questions
17:23about whether she knew
17:24about any effort to look
17:26for Donald Trump's name
17:27in the files
17:28before they were released.
17:29And she says
17:30she doesn't recall.
17:31And so I think
17:32it wasn't that long ago
17:33before they were
17:34releasing the files,
17:35yet somehow she doesn't
17:36recall things that happened
17:37about six months ago.
17:39And then finally,
17:39going back to
17:40Ghislaine Maxwell,
17:41she said she wasn't
17:43involved at all
17:43in the process
17:44of moving her
17:46to another prison.
17:47But she wasn't sure
17:48if that new prison
17:49was even a lower
17:50security prison,
17:51which factually it is.
17:52She also thinks
17:53that the Bureau of Prisons
17:54is doing a great job.
17:55And she said that
17:56these things happen
17:57all the time
17:57because you want to
17:58protect some of these
18:00folks in prison.
18:01Well, that's true,
18:01but we really need to
18:02protect Ghislaine Maxwell
18:04right after she just
18:05talked to Todd Blanch
18:06about the Epstein files.
18:08Seemed too coincidental,
18:09but again,
18:09she doesn't recall
18:10a lot of other things.
18:11It was a really unimpressive,
18:13disappointing interview today,
18:16but not surprising to us.
18:18We're not going to stop
18:19our investigation.
18:20I'm going to hand it over
18:22to Yasmeen Ansari.
18:25Today's ridiculous charade
18:27has made astonishingly clear
18:29that the United States
18:30Department of Justice
18:31has been weaponized
18:32by Donald Trump
18:33to ensure that
18:36the most massive cover-up
18:38in American history
18:39is carried out.
18:40And this is being enabled
18:41by Republicans in Congress
18:43led by Republican Chairman
18:45James Comer
18:45and Speaker of the House
18:46Mike Johnson.
18:48This entire Epstein investigation
18:51led by Chairman Comer
18:52has been absurd.
18:54We are,
18:54we have two legal subpoenas
18:56against former Attorney General
18:59Pam Bondi.
19:00She is supposed to be here
19:02under oath today
19:03on video
19:04answering questions
19:06for the American people
19:07about her role
19:08and the direct hand
19:10that she had
19:10in this cover-up.
19:12Instead,
19:13she is deflecting,
19:14she is refusing
19:14to answer questions,
19:15and she continues
19:17to refuse to answer
19:19specific questions
19:20about the President
19:21of the United States.
19:22It is so clear
19:23that whether it be
19:25Pam Bondi,
19:26whether it be Chairman Comer,
19:28whether it be Mike Johnson,
19:29the entire party
19:30is terrified
19:31of Donald Trump
19:33and his retaliation
19:34as it pertains
19:36to the cover-up
19:37of the Epstein files.
19:38It's unacceptable.
19:39It is notable
19:40that she continues
19:41to blame Todd Blanche
19:43and Kash Patel.
19:44We, of course,
19:45want to speak to them,
19:46but I think
19:46what I want to make clear
19:47to the American public
19:49and to everybody
19:49and to the survivors
19:50especially
19:51is that we are not
19:52going to give up on this.
19:54I think Republicans
19:54believe that
19:55they just kind of
19:56carry out these
19:58nonsense,
19:59transcribed interviews
20:00and don't show up
20:02here today,
20:02that we will forget
20:03about this.
20:04We are just getting started
20:07as it pertains
20:08to accountability
20:08and justice
20:10for the survivors
20:11of Jeffrey Epstein,
20:12Ghislaine Maxwell
20:13and any other
20:14rich and powerful person
20:16in this country
20:17who perpetrated
20:18these crimes.
20:19I'm going to hand it over
20:20to Congressman Min.
20:22Thank you very much,
20:23Congressman Dave Min
20:24out of California 47
20:25and yes,
20:26I have an election in 40.
20:27It's a very important one.
20:28Robert Garcia and I
20:29have our primary elections
20:30on Tuesday of next week
20:31but I'm here
20:33rather than in my district
20:34because this is important.
20:35We looked the survivors
20:36in the eye last year
20:38and made a promise to them
20:39that we would try
20:40to find justice,
20:41find transparency.
20:42Republicans also looked
20:43these women in the eye
20:44and did not follow through.
20:45It's a shame
20:46that James Comer
20:47is the only Republican
20:48here today
20:48because this is the biggest
20:50cover-up in history.
20:51This should not be
20:52a partisan issue.
20:53Now as a former law professor,
20:54as a lawyer,
20:55I just want to note
20:55a couple things
20:56that struck out to me.
20:59One,
21:00the fact that she is
21:01appearing as a
21:02voluntary witness today,
21:03voluntary interview
21:04is important
21:04because she's claiming
21:05that she's not
21:07complying with the subpoena.
21:08She's claiming the subpoena
21:09doesn't apply to her
21:09because she's no longer
21:10with the Department of Justice
21:12but at the same time
21:13as has been noted,
21:14you have two DOJ attorneys
21:15in there.
21:16If it's a personal interview
21:18voluntarily done,
21:19why is the DOJ
21:20so heavily involved?
21:21It doesn't make any sense
21:22unless you think about it
21:23as a cover-up.
21:24The second point
21:25I want to make,
21:25we got a pretty important
21:26insight today
21:27into the flimsy basis
21:29on which they're not
21:30turning over
21:30three million documents
21:31right now.
21:32They claimed earlier
21:33that,
21:34Tan Bondi claimed,
21:36that documents
21:37that were related
21:38to any decisions
21:39to prosecute
21:40or not prosecute
21:40were being withheld.
21:42That is all
21:42the witness interviews,
21:43it's all the evidence
21:44gathered by the FBI.
21:45There's a reason
21:46we don't have
21:46the smoking guns,
21:47we don't have
21:47the video evidence,
21:48we don't have
21:48the witness interviews
21:49because they're claiming
21:50that's all privileged
21:51and that is a bunch
21:52of bullshit,
21:53pardon my language.
21:54Any lawyer will tell you
21:55that our subpoena,
21:56whether it's the
21:56Oversight Subpoena
21:57or the Epstein Files
21:58Transparency Act,
22:00specifically applies
22:01to these types
22:01of documents.
22:02We don't have
22:03the real information
22:04here because they're
22:05claiming it's all
22:05privileged and that
22:06is something that we
22:07need to get to the
22:08bottom of.
22:09This, I think,
22:09actually exposed a lot
22:10of what they're doing
22:11right now.
22:11We need those documents,
22:13this should give us
22:14the basis to overturn them
22:15and I'll just echo
22:16what everyone else
22:16is saying in there,
22:17it's a sham in there,
22:18they are not answering
22:18any questions.
22:20And with that I want
22:20to turn it over to my
22:21friend James Walkenshaw
22:22from Virginia.
22:23There's a terrible
22:25and tragic irony
22:26at play this week
22:27because behind
22:28these closed doors,
22:30the Department of
22:31Justice is continuing
22:32to cover up
22:34and stonewall
22:35the courageous
22:37Epstein survivors
22:38like Liz here.
22:40At the same time,
22:41the same Department
22:42of Justice,
22:43led by Harmeet Dillon
22:44and others,
22:45Todd Blanche,
22:47has launched an
22:47investigation
22:48into E. Jean Carroll
22:50and those who supported
22:52her successful
22:52legal effort
22:53that found Donald Trump
22:54liable of sexual assault.
22:57So the message
22:59to survivors
23:00of sexual assault
23:01from this administration
23:02and this Department
23:04of Justice,
23:05sadly,
23:06is quite clear
23:06this week.
23:08I want to share
23:09one piece of information,
23:11one question
23:11that the former
23:13Attorney General
23:13did answer.
23:14She was asked
23:16specifically
23:17about Donald Trump,
23:19President Trump's
23:20awareness
23:21of Epstein's crimes
23:23before they became
23:25public knowledge.
23:26She had the opportunity
23:27to say
23:28Donald Trump
23:29certainly wasn't
23:31aware of those crimes.
23:32She had the opportunity
23:33to say,
23:33I know Donald Trump
23:34and if he was aware
23:35of those crimes,
23:36he would have done something.
23:38Instead,
23:39she said,
23:40I don't know.
23:41She also said,
23:43this is a direct quote,
23:44I'm not certain
23:45of the extent
23:47of his knowledge.
23:49I think that's
23:50a perfect example
23:51as to why we need
23:55Pam Bondi
23:56under oath
23:57in a real deposition
23:59for the camera
24:00so the American people
24:01can see and hear
24:02her answers
24:03to our questions
24:04for themselves.
24:05I'll turn it over
24:06to the ranking member.
24:07A couple questions
24:07and we're going to go,
24:08it's continuing
24:09so we've got to keep going.
24:10So a couple questions.
24:10I'm thinking,
24:11Mr. Ranking Member,
24:12so was your next step
24:13to try to subpoena
24:15Todd Blanche
24:15to compel his testimony
24:16and if so,
24:17do you have the votes
24:18anymore?
24:19Well,
24:19the request
24:20is going in today
24:21to Chairman Comer
24:22to have Todd Blanche
24:23come in.
24:24It's clear
24:24that after this testimony
24:25that is where
24:26a lot of the information is
24:27and so if he doesn't do it,
24:29we're going to force a subpoena
24:30and try to get votes
24:31but he's got to come in.
24:32Cash Patel's name
24:32was also mentioned.
24:33Will there be a subpoena
24:34for him as well?
24:35Cash Patel is number two
24:36on the list.
24:37So Cash Patel
24:37was multiple times
24:38that we had questions
24:38about the FBI,
24:40the way the files
24:40were redacted,
24:42why redactions
24:42were done so messy
24:44and why there was
24:45doxing that happened
24:46in certain cases
24:46to survivors.
24:47The finger was pointed
24:48back at Cash Patel
24:49and so we have a question
24:50for Cash Patel as well.
24:51Yes?
24:51Can you characterize
24:51a little bit more
24:52of the Justice Department's
24:53intervention?
24:54Did A,
24:54do Bill took the lead
24:56on that
24:56and how many times
24:57did they intervene
24:57and can you speak
24:58about it to...
24:59Well, first let's be
25:00really clear.
25:01It's bizarre
25:02that the DOJ is also,
25:04someone from the DOJ,
25:05a high-ranking official,
25:06is also acting now
25:08as personal counsel
25:09to Ms. Bondi
25:10and so the fact
25:12that the DOJ
25:13is essentially stopping
25:14Ms. Bondi
25:15from answering questions
25:16and interjecting,
25:17particularly around
25:17President Trump,
25:18is incredibly concerning
25:20and the fact
25:21that it's being allowed
25:22by Chairman Comer
25:24is also as concerning.
25:25She stopped Ms. Bondi
25:26multiple times
25:27from answering questions
25:28and interjected
25:29multiple times,
25:30especially as it related
25:31to President Trump.
25:32One last question.
25:33What is Oversight Dems'
25:35next step
25:36to compel
25:37more than these
25:37about the election times?
25:39Look, I think
25:39there are still half,
25:4050% of the documents
25:42have not been released
25:43to the public
25:43or the Congress.
25:44If we're going to continue
25:45to get those,
25:46that's breaking the law,
25:47the Transparency Act
25:48and the subpoena
25:49and of course
25:49we have additional
25:50subpoena ideas
25:50on the way.
25:51We've got to go back in guys.
25:52Thank you very much.
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