Former US Attorney General Pam Bondi (C) arrives to testify in a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on May 29, 2026.
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Former Attorney General Pam Bondi defended it on Friday Department of JusticeManaging to release files on notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in his opening statement before a House panel.
Bondi said that “to the best of my knowledge,” the DOJ publicly released all documents and other evidence required under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, according to a transcript of his statement obtained by MS NOW.
his statement on epstein files Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee criticized the Republican majority for not videotaping Bondy’s interview with the panel.
He said, “Pam Bondy was at the center of the White House cover-up and Oversight Chairman James Comer is working to hide her testimony from the American people.”ID. Sara Guerrero, spokeswoman for Democrats on the panel.
“The survivors and the American people deserve to see real questions answered about his mismanagement and cover-up of the Epstein files,” Guerrero said.
Bondi acknowledged in his opening statement that there were “redaction errors” in the release of the Epstein documents.
Bondy also said that he “did not lead every aspect of this effort or review that document himself.”
“I have entrusted the oversight of this process to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch,” Bondy said.
Bondi was fired in early April by President Donald Trump, who was unhappy with his handling of issues related to the files about his former longtime friend Epstein.
Blanch currently serves as the Acting Attorney General. He is Trump’s former criminal defense lawyer.
“I am proud of the department’s record and commitment to transparency under my leadership,” Bondy said.
“We demonstrated an unprecedented commitment to transparency in the discovery, collection and review of the Department’s Epstein files, generating nearly 3 million pages of content, including thousands of videos and hundreds of thousands of images.”
“The bottom line is this: Justice and transparency in this case was delivered at the direction of President Trump and his administration,” he said.
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