Attorney General Bondi will face questions from lawmakers as fallout over Epstein files continues
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Pam Bondi will face questions from lawmakers Wednesday about the Justice Department’s stance on the matter Files related to Jeffrey Epstein revealing sensitive private information about victims despite efforts to correct it.
Bondi faces a new wave of criticism A political epic that defied its time Following millions of additional Epstein disclosures that victims criticized as sloppy and incomplete.
The Attorney General will appear before Congress for the first time since then A tumultuous trial in October where he repeatedly deflected questions and responded to Democrats’ criticisms of his actions with political attacks of his own.
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are expected to question Bondi about how he decides what can and cannot be made public under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which was passed by Congress after the Justice Department abruptly announced in July that no more files will be released although it has raised the hopes of conservative influencers and conspiracy theorists.
Bondi constantly struggled to overcome the backlash It concerns his handling of the Epstein files since he distributed files to a group of social media influencers at the White House last February. The files contained no new revelations about Epstein, prompting further calls from President Donald Trump’s base to release the files.
The hearing took place just days after some lawmakers visited the Justice Department office to review the issue. unedited versions of files. As part of the agreement with the Department of Justice, MPs were granted access They were allowed to make handwritten notes on more than 3 million released files in a reading room with four computers.
Democrats accused the Justice Department of withholding information that should have been made public, including information that could lead to scrutiny of Epstein’s associates. Victims, meanwhile, criticized the department for inconsistent or nonexistent redactions that allowed nude photos and other private information about victims to be inadvertently released.
The department defended the latest presentation of more than 3 million pages of documents, along with more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images. The Associated Press and other media outlets are still investigating Millions of pages of documentsmany were previously secret.
AP’s record review While investigators have collected ample evidence that Epstein sexually abused underage girls, they have found little evidence that the well-connected financier ran a sex trafficking ring that catered to powerful men, investigators say. A prosecutor wrote in a 2025 memo that the videos and photos seized from Epstein’s homes in New York, Florida and the Virgin Islands did not depict the victims being abused or show him implicating anyone else in his crimes.
