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Bondi Testifies to House Panel on Epstein Files, Acknowledges Redaction Errors

Bondi Testifies to House Panel on Epstein Files, Acknowledges Redaction Errors

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Former U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared before the House Oversight Committee on Friday to discuss the handling of Jeffrey Epstein files. She admitted to redaction errors while defending the Justice Department’s actions during her tenure. The interview was conducted in a closed‑door setting.

Pam Bondi
US Department of Justice
1. The bottom line is: justice and transparency in this matter have been delivered at the direction of President Trump and his administration.
2. Our stance has always been that the department stands ready to review any potential evidence of criminal activity related to Epstein and his associates and would pursue appropriate investigative or prosecutorial action wherever the facts and law warrant.
3. We demonstrated an unprecedented commitment to transparency in the department's search for, collection and review of the Epstein files.
4. I praised Acting AG Blanche's management of this Herculean task. I said his ethics are beyond reproach and that he is an incredible Attorney General.
5. As the head of a large Department with broad responsibilities, I did not lead every aspect of this effort or conduct that document review myself. I delegated oversight over this process to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.
6. But since day one of this process, this department has been committed to accountability and transparency.
7. The team of professionals who reviewed all of the materials that we collected assured me the only materials that were withheld were either nonresponsive, privileged or duplicative.
8. To the best of my knowledge, the department produced everything required under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
9. This was an enormously complicated and labour-intensive process.
Harmeet K Dhillon
US Department of Justice
1. The former Attorney General had thousands of responsibilities, and it is common for many components of her job to be delegated to other senior officials.
James Comer
Republican Party
1. What documents remain? Why haven't they been turned over? We're going to try to determine whether or not there can be more documents legally turned over.
2. We want to get the truth to the American people. We want to try to provide justice to the survivors. And again, this case hasn't been thoroughly investigated. I think that's one thing that we all can see.
3. I want every document. I don't want anything held back.
Robert Garcia
Democratic Party
1. As it relates to why only 50% of the files have been released, why many of the survivors were literally put in danger by the way files were released, that private information should never have been released, and of course, why this continues to be some type of cover-up.
2. No more lies. No more cover-ups. It's time for Pam Bondi to answer our questions.
3. She said and I quote, 'Acting Attorney General Blanche was managing the entire investigation,'
4. So the DOJ [Department of Justice] is in there right now stopping questions about President Trump, and about what happened in the release of these files, and why so many survivors were doxxed, and their information released to the public.
Austin Hacker
House of Representatives Oversight Committee
1. Unlike the Clintons who defied subpoenas for seven months, former Attorney General Pam Bondi voluntarily and quickly cooperated with the Committee to identify a mutually agreeable date.
Dave Rapallo
House of Representatives Oversight Committee
1. It's unclear if she is representing the interests of Bondi, the department, or herself.
Danielle Bensky
1. Survivors were outed, there were Jane Doe's in these files who were mentioned over 500 times, that is so unacceptable, nude photos.
2. I just hope that she does have a moment where she remembers her own humanity and our humanity and finds her compassion and remembers that this is a bigger story than political rhetoric.
3. So far, the DOJ has done everything they possibly can to intimidate survivors.
Marina Lacerda
1. We all hope that today Pam Bondi will be as clear as possible and hopefully bring accountability to the table.

Bondi Testifies to House Panel on Epstein Files, Acknowledges Redaction Errors

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