Bondi Refuses to Discuss Trump-Epstein Connection, Democrats Say

May 29, 2026, 5:05 PM UTC

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi rebuffed questions about President Donald Trump’s involvement in handling records of the Justice Department’s investigation of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, Democratic lawmakers said.

“She refused to answer any questions about President Trump,” Representative Robert Garcia, the top-ranking Democrat on the House panel investigating Epstein, told reporters during a break in the committee’s closed-door questioning of Bondi.

Bondi also pushed any blame for missteps with Epstein-related documents onto Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, formerly deputy attorney general, Garcia said. He added that Democrats would seek to subpoena Blanche to testify before ...

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