House Oversight Committee Votes to Subpoena Attorney General Bondi

The Republican-led House Oversight Committee voted on March 4 to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to answer questions over the Justice Department’s handling of files regarding the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation. The measure, proposed by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), was approved in a 24–19 vote with bipartisan support. Mace and four other Republicans, Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.), Michael Cloud (R-Texas), and Scott Perry (R-Pa.), joined lawmakers from the Democratic Party on the committee to vote in favour. “The American people deserve answers, victims deserve justice,” Mace said in a post on X. The vote came after procedural debates, and as Democrats accused the Department of Justice (DOJ) of failing to comply with an earlier subpoena and obstructing congressional oversight, which the DOJ has denied....