The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Tuesday formally subpoenaed Attorney General Pam Bondi to appear for a deposition regarding the Justice Department’s “handling” of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

The committee is reviewing “possible mismanagement of the federal government’s investigation” of Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

“The Committee has questions regarding the Department of Justice’s handling of the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and his associates and its compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act,” House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-KY) wrote in a letter to Bondi.

“As Attorney General, you are directly responsible for overseeing the Department’s collection, review, and determinations regarding the release of files pursuant to the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and the Committee therefore believes that you possess valuable insight into these efforts,” he continued.

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In pushing to subpoena Bondi, Mace accused the attorney general of “obfuscating.”

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“There’s over 65,000 documents missing, and we know there are more than 2,000 videos that are out there. They’re not giving Congress all the information or all the documents, and they’re obfuscating. And I’d like to ask questions about that in our deposition,” Mace told reporters shortly after the vote.

The Justice Department has faced numerous accusations that it failed to meet the letter of the law in sharing the files related to Epstein, including various deadlines.

As recently as this month, the Justice Department was pushed to release another tranche of records, this time relating to a woman who spoke with the FBI four times and alleged President Trump sexually assaulted her when she was a minor. The White House has said the claims are false, while the Justice Department has said the files include “untrue and ​sensationalist claims made against President Trump.”

That release came after various media outlets found that at least 50 pages of documents related to the woman’s claims were not publicly posted. Even after the later release, NPR and independent journalist Roger Sollenberger said about 30 pages of documents were still missing.

The House Oversight Committee voted 24-19 earlier this month to subpoena Bondi.

“We promised you answers. We promised you transparency. We promised you justice. We are working. Every. Single. Day. To deliver. We just subpoenaed AG Pam Bondi, more to come,” Mace said.

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It’s the second time Bondi has been ordered to appear at a congressional hearing over the files. During the first hearing last month, both Democrats and Republicans excoriated Bondi over haphazard redactions in the Epstein files that exposed intimate details about victims and included nude photographs. Bondi told lawmakers that the Justice Department had taken down files when it was made aware that they included victims’ information and said staff had tried to do their “very best” in the time frame allotted by the legislation mandating the release of the files.

The Epstein files remain a political headache for the Trump administration more than a year after Bondi sparked backlash by handing out binders of documents with no new revelations to conservative influencers at the White House. Then, after a months-long review, the Justice Department in July said it had concluded that no Epstein “client list” existed and there was no reason to make additional files public.

That set off a furor that prompted Congress to pass legislation demanding the Justice Department release the files. Since the first release in December, critics have accused the administration of fumbling the rollout and withholding too many documents. Administration officials have said lawyers worked as quickly as possible to properly review, redact and release millions of documents required under the law.

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