The Department of Justice said Wednesday that Pam Bondi will not appear for her upcoming deposition in the House Oversight Committee’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation given that she is no longer serving as the US attorney general.
The department argued that Bondi was subpoenaed in her official role as attorney general and not in a personal capacity. As such, she won’t appear on Capitol Hill on April 14 to discuss her role overseeing the release of the Epstein Files, Assistant Attorney General Patrick D. Davis wrote in a letter to House Oversight Chairman James Comer.
“You can’t charge me with bank robbery! I stopped robbing banks a week or more ago!”
Every single goddamn Republican is a traitor.
Yeah, that’s not how subpoenas work. Hold her in contempt.
How convenient for her 🙄
Good thing it’s not up to the DoJ.
If the country survives the fascists and then no one gets held to account, I hope at least Aaron Sorkin can make a show pretending there were consequences so we can all have copium again.
Oh, it may not be this year, but she will testify.
Republicans are “governing” as if they know a Democrat will never be in power again, to hold them accountable.
The department argued that Bondi was subpoenaed in her official role as attorney general
That’s just a blatant fucking lie. The subpoena was for Pam Bondi by name.
Yeah, I was going to say. She’s still the same person, and she can absolutely be subpeonad
That is some sovereign citizen logic from the department
Clearly they’re mistake was not issuing the subpoena in all caps, thus naming the person and not the corporation or something maybe I have it backwards I don’t know those people are fucking insane
They have the right profile.
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Hahahah, then she can be arrested as a private citizen for contempt of Congress.
Holy fuck these people are stupid.
But isn’t it the DoJ who would have to bring the indictment leading to the arrest?
Congress can find someone in contempt, and they can direct US Marshalls to round up anyone who tries to run off.
Congress can find someone in contempt
Remind me which party controls Congress?
they can direct US Marshalls to round up anyone who tries to run off.
The United States Marshals Service is part of the executive branch, not controlled by Congress. Remind me which party controls the executive branch?
Remind me which party controls Congress?
The same party that controls the Congressional committee that issued the subpoena.
The United States Marshals Service is part of the executive branch
Yeah, I should have said the Sergeant-at-Arms. Point being, their enforcement power, while not highly resourced, is independent of the Executive branch.
Remind me which party controls the executive branch?
The Republicans. You can look these things up, you know.
What’s your second guess?
If she’s still in DC, Congress actually controls the Capitol Police.
https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IN/PDF/IN11570/IN11570.4.pdf
It would… maybe be unprecedented for them to say, arrest her if she ever is on/in any of the areas of the Capitol they have jurisdiction over… but you can make a case that that’s within their lawful powers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol_Police
Wiki says they technically have nationwide jurisdiction.
If Trump gets to turn ICE into the Gestapo, why not?
Congress could theoretically turn them into something like the US Marshalls.
Capitol Police
And remind me, which party is currently in control of Congress, to order the Capitol Police to take this unprecedented action?
Wiki is not the short name of Wikipedia
Yes it is
No
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no it’s A wiki
but is like reading someone call facebook just “book”
Well it sure ain’t pedia
Also true
Man, someone called this play on the day they fired Bondi. It will be interesting to see if Congress lets them get away with it or if they charge her with contempt.
Great example why so many in Congress are getting out while they still can. Don’t have answer questions under oath.
That’s why the clintons didn’t have to answer questions under oath
oh wait… not that. I guess you only have to answer under oath if the party with the majority decides it.
Of course they’d still have answer questions under oath if subpoenaed. And you would only subpoena the person who held the office at the time of interest. No point in talking to their successor who would know nothing.
Man, someone called this play on the day they fired Bondi.
I know I can’t be the only one, but I did!
Congress said up front that they still expected her to appear; let’s see if they let them get away with it this time. [Spoiler alert: they will.]
Fun fact, criminal contempt of Congress requires a full vote for civil contempt, and then refers them DOJ to decide if they want to prosecute, which they likely decline.
They also can sent their Sergeant-at-Arms to arrest and bring her to Congress, and held until she complies.
https://www.findlaw.com/litigation/legal-system/contempt-of-congress-process-and-penalties.html
Also be interesting if she does appear to see what she says. I bet it’ll be very different from last time…
“I don’t recall”
Come on! You already know.
If something real would actually start happening to the corrupt pieces of filth, the world would be much better off.
I support raking her over the coals, but it’s not as if she’ll give any kind of sane testimony anyway. Does no-one remember the ‘DOW IS AT 50,000’ nonsense?
The sad part is that she isn’t insane (other than politically). Very smart, but playing the game and deflecting from the truth by playing the idiot. Dangerous. Very bigglY.
Oh I don’t think she’s insane - just a fucking arsehole. Doesn’t mean she can’t say some insane stuff. The short clips I saw of her berating the investigators made me unreasonably angry.
The actual letter sent yesterday by Ro Khanna and Nancy Mace to Chairman Comer explains that the DoJ refusal to have Bondi appear has no legal substance at all. It’s an easy read, so I included the text along with the source. See it for yourself.
Note especially the assertion made in paragraph 5, “As you know, Congress’s oversight authority does not end when an official leaves office. In fact, just last year the Committee issued subpoenas to six former Attorneys General, spanning multiple administrations of both political parties.”
Congress of the United States Washington, DC 20515
April 7, 2026
The Honorable James Comer
Chairman
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515Dear Chairman Comer,
We urge you to make clear former Attorney General Pam Bondi remains obligated to comply with the Oversight Committee’s subpoena and appear for her scheduled deposition on April 14, 2026.
We moved to subpoena Pam Bondi, and the Committee voted to approve this motion on a bipartisan basis, because the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) still has not complied with the Epstein Files Transparency Act (Public Law No: 119-38), and because serious questions remain regarding the DOJ’s non-compliance and their handling of the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and his associates while she was Attorney General.
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. 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.
When Pam Bondi appeared last month for a briefing, you reiterated you would continue to pursue her sworn testimony and would discuss holding her in contempt of Congress if she failed to comply. She also stated that she would follow the law with respect to her subpoena, which clearly requires her to appear before the Oversight Committee.
As you know, Congress’s oversight authority does not end when an official leaves office. In fact, just last year the Committee issued subpoenas to six former Attorneys General, spanning multiple administrations of both political parties. The American people deserve answers about whether Congress was misled and whether information is being withheld by the DOJ.
We ask you to publicly reaffirm that Pam Bondi must appear on April 14 for a sworn deposition as ordered or face appropriate enforcement if she refuses to comply.
Sincerely,
Ro Khanna
Member of Congress
U.S. House of RepresentativesNancy Mace
Member of Congress
U.S. House of RepresentativesGiven this was all predictable, why wasn’t that letter sent pre emptively. They should have asserted it before the claim was made. Now it seems reasonable to reschedule, so it’s just a further delay.
Because the more back-and-fourths that happen, the more times these politicians get their name in a headline.
Oh yeah everyone knows if you get fired from your job you can’t be held responsible for anything you did at that job
Burn down every single Republican (legally and politically) and start from scratch. The whole lot of them are evil and corrupt. A decent chunk of Democrats too.
I hope she faces justice in other ways from the actual QAnon crazies who really care about the fact that Trump raped children for decades.
You forgot “physically”.
Don’t write anything online you wouldn’t want read back to you in a court of law. The reader can infer whatever they want from any comment I write.
Pretty sure I’d never see a judge or jury.
Chairman needs to respond with, “The only excuses for absence we’ll allow are death or incarceration.”
Nah, even in that second case they should have her dragged out there in an orange jumpsuit.
Even in that first case they should have her dragged out there in an orange jumpsuit.
