DOJ says Bondi won't sit for Oversight deposition on Epstein files

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Source: The Hill

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi will not comply with a subpoena to appear before the House Oversight Committee as part of its investigation into the Epstein files, the panel’s Republican leadership said in a statement.

“The Department of Justice has stated Pam Bondi will not appear on April 14 for a deposition since she is no longer Attorney General and was subpoenaed in her capacity as Attorney General,” a spokeswoman for the House Oversight Committee said in a statement.

“The Committee will contact Pam Bondi’s personal counsel to discuss next steps regarding scheduling her deposition.”

The Justice Department did not immediately respond to request for comment.

The panel’s Democrats have refuted that argument, noting that Bondi was subpoenaed by name to sit for a deposition with the panel, as were other former attorneys general.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5821724-pam-bondi-oversight-deposition-epstein-files/

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DOJ says Bondi won't sit for Oversight deposition on Epstein files #TheHill

— #TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2026-04-08T15:12:04.000Z

[MLWR]

1. If we take the House in November,

we can still subpoena her then and if she refuses to honor the subpoena, we hold her in contempt. I'm sick and tired of republiSCUM committing crimes right and left and never being held to account.

[maxsolomon]

5. SCOTUS has given Trumpists permission to defy subpoenas.

Bondi will not show.

After her last appearance, what does any committee member think is the point of having her show anyway?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. Statement on Bondi's refusal to appear for deposition

Link to tweet

[Ray Bruns]

3. She wasn't subpoenaed as attorney general. She was subpoenaed as Pam Bondi. She has to show up.

[wolfie001]

9. Didn't we Dems subpoena Steve (smells like tRUMP's full diaper) Bannon?

And the "Shit 6" let his crime record disappear? America is a militarized christo-fascist state. 100% at this point.

[area51]

11. Has to show up? Like "Gym" Jordan ignored his subpoena?

[in2herbs]

4. Why should she? Didn't the USSC just declare that contempt of Congress is not a thing??? nt

[Turbineguy]

6. Then she can stand.

Or lie down.

[wolfie001]

7. The "Shit 6" will always let rePUKES off the hook

Both are unaccountable scoundrels.

[azureblue]

8. the DOJ

has nothing to say about it,, because she is not an employee any more..

[riversedge]

12. I wonder who is paying Bondi's lawyers bills??

[2na fisherman]

10. Scofflaw

Even if she did appear for an under oath deposition, she would be lawyered up and invoke her Fifth Amendment rights to almost every question asked. So she may even announce her intention to do so in advance to blunt the effective purpose of the Oversight deposition. And she won't care about any appearance of consciousness of guilt or negative inference from having done that. She can drag out any accountability for her actions for years. And if Trump gives her a blanket pardon for any and all actions she performed while AG, all investigations of her would be moot.

[thesquanderer]

16. I think if she's pardoned, she loses the ability to invoke the 5th

After all, you don't have to worry about the consequences of incriminating yourself if you've already been pardoned.

[2na fisherman]

20. Different Charges?

I think you are correct but she may be implicated in charges other than federal ones not pardoned by Trump so she has to watch out she does not put herself in further legal jeopardy. And there is the likely chance she could implicate others in any depositions under oath. She may think she can strike some immunity deal by her future testimony regarding others involved in other crimes and/or conspiracies. Perhaps she thinks she can make a deal to squeal and do soft time at that minimum security prison where Maxwell is serving her time.

[Bayard]

13. If she can't be arrested for contempt of court,

File a lawsuit to obtain the information. Its the way things are done now. Even if trump pardons her, it doesn't negate her having to answer questions.

Lawyers? Please weigh in.

[pnwmom]

14. So he fired her so she could avoid the deposition. nt

[thesquanderer]

17. I had suspected that was his goal, but then figured it probably wouldn't be successful. I guess we'll see. (n/t)

[Deuxcents]

15. The Clintons are no longer in government service but they had to testify. Why not Bondi about the same issue

[LetMyPeopleVote]

18. MS NOW-Bondi won't appear for April 14 deposition before House Oversight Committee, DOJ says

The top Democrat on the panel threatened to pursue contempt of Congress charges against the former attorney general if she doesn’t tesify.

Bondi won’t appear for April 14 deposition before House Oversight Committee, DOJ says - MS NOW apple.news/A_oHkdyqkTjC...

— (@oc88.bsky.social) 2026-04-08T18:33:16.142Z

https://www.ms.now/news/bondi-epstein-deposition-house-oversight-contempt

President Donald Trump removed Bondi from her role as the nation’s top prosecutor last week after bipartisan heat over her department’s handling of the Epstein files.

“The Department of Justice has stated Pam Bondi will not appear on April 14 for a deposition since she is no longer Attorney General and was subpoenaed in her capacity as Attorney General,” Oversight Committee spokeswoman Jessica Collins said in a statement to MS NOW. “The Committee will contact Pam Bondi’s personal counsel to discuss next steps regarding scheduling her deposition.”

Assistant Attorney General Patrick Davis made that case in a letter to House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., arguing that Bondi was subpoenaed “in her official capacity as Attorney General, rather than her personal capacity.”

“Ms. Bondi no longer holds that office. As a result, because Ms. Bondi no longer can testify in her official capacity as Attorney General, the Department’s position is that the subpoena no longer obligates her to appear on April 14,” he added. “We kindly ask that you confirm that the subpoena is withdrawn.”....

The lawmakers argued that Bondi’s testimony is “even more important” in light of her recent firing.

“The removal of Pam Bondi as Attorney General does not diminish the Committee’s legitimate oversight interests in seeking her sworn testimony or the need for accountability and information about files withheld from the public by the DOJ,” Khanna and Mace wrote. “On the contrary, it makes her sworn testimony even more important, especially with respect to actions she took as Attorney General, matters already under investigation, and decisions made under her leadership.”

There will be litigation and/or motion for contempt of Congress coming

[efhmc]

19. Why do we keep wasting time and money trying to get Republican't scofflaws to do right. They won't.

[travelingthrulife]

23. Many of the cowardly rats are jumping ship. I believe we might be able to shame enough

of them to push him out of office.

[republianmushroom]

21. This is going to be interesting.

[travelingthrulife]

22. Then refer her for criminal charges. Plenty to choose from.