Pam Bondi testified before the House Oversight Committee about the DOJ’s handling of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. The hearing drew controversy after requirements for her testimony were scaled back. Rep. Suhas Subramanyam said Bondi provided limited substantive information, while offering explanations about Ghislaine Maxwell’s movement and denying involvement. Subramanyam reported that Bondi argued transferring prisoners like Maxwell could be justified by safety risks in maximum security settings. He also said Bondi defended her decision not to meet with Epstein survivors, stating it would not be appropriate and that meeting would make no sense. Subramanyam added that Bondi appeared unaware of survivors reaching out for meetings and for their own files and statements, and that she seemed combative and uncomfortable during questioning.
"Not a lot, he said. Not a lot. I will say that she had some interesting discussions about, for instance, the movement of Ghislaine Maxwell. She said she didn't have anything to do with that. But she also said, almost defending it, that it makes sense to move prisoners like Ghislaine Maxwell because there might be a risk to their safety in their more maximum security prison."
"Subramanyam then claimed that Bondi stood by her controversial decision not to meet with Epstein survivors, telling Sanchez she said it wouldn't be appropriate. She also seems to defend her position of not meeting with the survivors. She said that it made no sense to meet with the survivors for some reason. It wouldn't be appropriate,' was the word she used, he said."
"And she didn't seem to have any awareness of the survivors reaching out to her, wanting to meet or reaching out to her about wanting their own files, their own statements that they made to the DOJ. So in that sense, you know, it was really she was combative throughout. And she also seemed very uncomfortable with her questions."
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