HOUSE COMMITTEE ISSUES SHOCKING SUBPOENA TO PAM BONDI OVER EPSTEIN FILES C😱

The motion to call the attorney general in for questioning was introduced by Republican Rep. Nancy Mace and passed in a 24-19 vote

Attorney General Pam Bondi has been subpoenaed to testify about the Epstein files before the House Oversight Committee.Credit : 

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The House Oversight Committee voted to subpoena U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi in an effort to grill her under oath about her handling of government evidence related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

On Wednesday, March 4, five Republicans joined with all Democrats on the committee in support of a motion to call the attorney general in for questioning related to the Justice Department’s rollout of the Epstein files.

The idea to subpoena Bondi was introduced by South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace, a Republican, and passed in a bipartisan 24-19 vote.

“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 following the vote.

“I have some very pointed questions for her, and I don’t want to talk about the Dow,” Mace added.

All Democrats present for the committee hearing voted in favor of subpoenaing Bondi, joined by Republican Reps. Mace, Lauren Boebert, Tim Burchett, Michael Cloud and Scott Perry.

The Justice Department did not immediately return PEOPLE’s request for comment.

Bondi has faced criticism over her handling of the files throughout her tenure as attorney general and the scrutiny has only gotten louder after declining to release the last three million files related to Epstein.

“AG Bondi claims the DOJ has released all of the Epstein files. The record is clear: they have not,” Mace said in a social media post. “The Epstein case is one of the greatest cover-ups in American history. His global sex trafficking network is larger than what is being revealed. Three million documents have been released, and we still don’t have the full truth. Videos are missing. Audio is missing. Logs are missing. There are millions more documents out there.”

On Tuesday, March 3, another member of President Donald Trump‘s Cabinet volunteered to testify before the committee after questions were raised about his own relationship with Epstein.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick — who recently admitted to visiting Epstein’s private island years after Epstein was convicted of soliciting a minor for prostitution — told Axios, “I look forward to appearing before the committee. I have done nothing wrong and I want to set the record straight.”