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WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) – 美国国会委员会周二表示，已向司法部长帕姆·邦迪发出传票，要求其在闭门会议中就已故定罪性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦（Jeffrey Epstein）的调查作证。
根据传票要求，邦迪将于4月14日向众议院监督委员会提供宣誓证词。
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邦迪面临的指控是，司法部在发布与这位已故金融家相关的数百万份文件时，隐瞒了爱泼斯坦有权势的同伙的姓名。爱泼斯坦在2008年因招募未成年人卖淫罪被定罪前后，一直与有权势的政治和商业领袖保持密切联系。爱泼斯坦于2019年再次被捕，并在面临联邦性交易指控期间死于狱中，其死亡被裁定为自杀。
邦迪及其副手托德·布兰奇定于周三向委员会提供单独的闭门简报。
议员们抱怨称，司法部文件中的内容删减似乎超出了国会在11月几乎一致通过的法律所允许的有限豁免范围。该部门还以法律特权为由，拒绝公布大量材料。
邦迪表示，超过500名司法部律师在压缩的时间内工作，以审查大量材料。
在邦迪担任特朗普政府司法部长期间，爱泼斯坦相关文件一直困扰着她。去年，当司法部表示最初不会发布与爱泼斯坦调查相关的材料时，一些特朗普的支持者指责她进行掩盖，这引发了对特朗普过去与爱泼斯坦友谊的新审视。
特朗普称，他在2008年爱泼斯坦被定罪多年前就已断绝关系，并多次表示自己未发现任何性交易证据。执法部门尚未指控他与爱泼斯坦有关的犯罪活动。
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US House panel subpoenas Attorney General Bondi in Epstein probe
By Reuters
March 17, 2026 5:34 PM UTC Updated 9 mins ago
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WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) – A U.S. congressional committee said on Tuesday it has issued a subpoena to Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify behind closed doors in its probe of the late convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein.
Under the subpoena, Bondi would give a sworn deposition to the House of Representatives Oversight Committee on April 14.
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The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Bondi faces accusations that the Justice Department has concealed the names of powerful associates of Epstein in its release of millions of documents related to the late financier, who cultivated close ties to powerful political and business leaders before and after he was convicted in 2008 of soliciting prostitution from a minor. Epstein was arrested again in 2019 and died in jail while facing federal sex-trafficking charges. His death was ruled a suicide.
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Bondi and her deputy, Todd Blanche, are due to give the committee a separate private briefing on Wednesday.
Lawmakers have complained that redactions in the Justice Department’s files appear to go beyond the limited exemptions allowed in a law Congress passed nearly unanimously in November. The department has also declined to publish a large volume of material, citing legal privileges.
Bondi said more than 500 Justice Department lawyers worked on a compressed timeline to review reams of material.
The Epstein files have dogged Bondi throughout her tenure as Trump’s attorney general. Some of Trump’s supporters accused her of a coverup last year when the Justice Department said it would initially not release material related to its investigations of Epstein, drawing new scrutiny of Trump’s past friendship with him.
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Trump says he broke off ties with Epstein years before his 2008 conviction and has repeatedly said he did not see any evidence of sex trafficking. He has not been accused by law enforcement authorities of criminal activity related to Epstein.
Reporting by Ryan Patrick Jones, Susan Heavey and Andrew Goudsward; editing by Andy Sullivan Editing by David Ljunggren
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