US House panel subpoenas Pam Bondi to testify in Epstein investigation

A US congressional committee said ⁠on Tuesday it has ⁠issued a subpoena to Attorney General ⁠Pam Bondi to testify behind closed doors in its probe of the late convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein.Bondi faces accusations that the Justice Department has concealed the names of powerful associates of Epstein in its release ‌of millions of documents related to the late financier.Under the subpoena, Bondi would give a sworn deposition to the House of Representatives Oversight Committee on ‌April 14.A Justice Department spokesperson said the subpoena was “completely unnecessary” because lawmakers have been able to privately review unredacted versions of the Epstein files at a Justice Department facility.Bondi and her deputy, Todd Blanche, are expected to give the committee a separate private briefing on Wednesday.“She continues to have calls and meetings ⁠with members of Congress on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which is why the department offered to brief the committee tomorrow,” the spokesperson ‌said, referring to a law Congress passed nearly unanimously in November.