Washington.- The U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee announced on Tuesday that it has subpoenaed Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify on April 14 about the Justice Department’s handling of the case of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The chairman of the Committee, Republican James Comer, wrote in the subpoena letter that the House is investigating the “possible mismanagement of the federal government’s investigation” into Epstein, who died in prison in 2019, and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence.
“The Committee has questions about the Justice Department’s management of the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and his associates, and about its compliance with the Epstein Archives Transparency Act,” he assured.
A Justice Department spokesperson called the subpoena “completely unnecessary,” according to CNN, but did not specify whether the Attorney General would comply and attend.
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Tense exchanges with Democrats
Last month, Bondi appeared before the House Judiciary Committee in a public hearing that ended in a tense exchange of views with Democratic lawmakers.
So, the Epstein matter was already addressed and Bondi defended Trump’s actions, stating that “there is no evidence that he committed any crime.”
The release of the files by the Department of Justice has generated complaints from some Democratic and even Republican representatives, as they believe that some of the documents were censored and demand greater transparency.
The House of Representatives committee has already cited other politicians in its investigations into the Epstein case, such as former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
The former US president, who maintained a friendship with Epstein, assured on February 27th that he knew nothing about Epstein’s crimes and defended that he did nothing wrong.
A day earlier, Hillary Clinton had denied having met Epstein in person or having known about the crimes he committed.
The former Secretary of State also denounced that the committee has not summoned the real people involved, referring to Trump, who had a friendship with Epstein, although there is no evidence that implicates him in his crimes.
