Former AG Pam Bondi to testify before Congress over handling of the Epstein files

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Feb. 11, 2026 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images Former Attorney General Pam Bondi is scheduled to testify before House lawmakers Friday in a closed-door hearing over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. The Republican-led House Oversight Committee subpoenaed Bondi in March to discuss her role in overseeing the Department of Justice's release of millions of documents related to the convicted sex offender. Survivors and Democrats have long criticized Bondi's handling and release of the Epstein files. They say Bondi made contradictory statements about what was in the documents, exposed survivors' names and private information , and removed key files related to President Trump. Epstein died in a New York prison cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges. Bondi has defended the department's work and its release; she has argued that some missteps happened because government lawyers faced a tight timeline imposed by Congress to review millions of pages of material. On the campaign trail before his second term, Trump promised to release significant information on Epstein , but some of the president's supporters as well as critics say Bondi did not deliver on that promise. …