Bondi points finger at Blanche in House interview on Epstein files
Key takeaways
- Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee fumed over Bondi s closed-door appearance before the panel.
- Robert Garcia (Calif.), the top Democrat on the panel, told reporters.
- In fact, she said that she would not speak or respond to any questions that had anything to do with President Trump.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee fumed over Bondi s closed-door appearance before the panel. Though initially subpoenaed to answer questions about the Department of Justice s (DOJ) handling of files related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, she appeared under voluntary terms, was not videorecorded, and refused to answer many questions posed by lawmakers under the direction of Justice Department lawyers who accompanied her.
What you are going to hear in that interview, and what she s saying here in her words and remarks is that it was Todd Blanche, the current acting AG, that was leading the Epstein investigation, and quite frankly, all of the mistakes that we saw, the redactions not protecting survivors, she continues to push that back on to the acting AG, Todd Blanche, Rep. Robert Garcia (Calif.), the top Democrat on the panel, told reporters.
I also personally asked the former AG five times and five different questions about her conversations with President Trump, whether he directed her at any given time on the Epstein files, what he knew, what he asked her to redact or not, and she refused to answer any questions about President Trump. In fact, she said that she would not speak or respond to any questions that had anything to do with President Trump.