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前司法部长帕姆·邦迪下月将出席众议院监督委员会的闭门证词听证会，该委员会目前正在就杰弗里·爱泼斯坦案开展国会调查。
委员会一名女发言人在民主党议员宣布已提交一项决议后不久公布了邦迪的作证安排，这项决议将以邦迪未能出席本月早些时候的传票传唤作证为由，判定其藐视国会。
委员会民主党资深议员罗伯特·加西亚在回应这一消息时表示：“很明显，我们的行动正在奏效。”
邦迪原本定于4月14日出庭作证，但司法部称她不会到场，因为在此期间她已被免去公职。一名司法部高级官员在给委员会的信函中表示，取消邦迪的作证安排是因为委员会的传票是以邦迪作为司法部长的公职身份发出的，而非以其个人身份。
委员会于3月4日通过一项动议，决定传唤邦迪作证。委员会的民主党议员与五名共和党议员一同投票支持发出传票，他们是南希·梅斯、劳伦·博伯特、迈克尔·克劳德、斯科特·佩里和蒂姆·伯切特众议员。
在周三的公告发布前，加西亚曾表示，拖延作证的责任在于邦迪。
“帕姆·邦迪非法违抗我们委员会的要求，缺席了证词听证会，并且拒绝配合调查，”加西亚说道。
国会于11月通过了《爱泼斯坦文件透明度法案》，要求司法部公布与联邦对爱泼斯坦及其同伙吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦调查相关的记录。邦迪因司法部落实该法律的相关举措遭到两党官员的激烈批评。
司法部最终公布了约300万页文件，约占其相关档案的一半。司法部表示，另有数百万份文件被扣留，理由包括保护幸存者个人信息以及避免危及正在进行的联邦调查。
邦迪将是众多将出席委员会听证会的知名人士之一。此前已有多位人士作证，包括前总统比尔·克林顿、前国务卿希拉里·克林顿以及亿万富翁商人莱斯·韦克斯纳。
贾拉·布朗为本报道撰稿。
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/did-pam-bondis-handling-of-the-epstein-files-lead-to-trump-firing-her/
Bondi to testify in House Oversight’s Epstein probe next month as Democrats threaten contempt
April 29, 2026 / 10:30 AM EDT / CBS News
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi will appear before the House Oversight Committee next month for a closed-door deposition in the ongoing congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
A spokeswoman for the committee announced Bondi’s deposition moments after Democrats on the committee said they had filed a resolution that would hold Bondi in contempt of Congress for her failure to appear under subpoena earlier this month.
“Clearly we’re being effective,” the committee’s Democratic Ranking Member Robert Garcia said in response to the news.
Bondi was initially set to appear on April 14, but the Justice Department said she would not appear, since she had been ousted from her post in the interim. A senior Justice Department official wrote in a letter to the committee that it was calling off her appearance because the committee’s subpoena was issued to Bondi in her official capacity as attorney general, not in her personal capacity.
The committee approved a motion on March 4 to subpoena Bondi. The panel’s Democrats were joined by five Republicans in voting for the subpoena: Reps. Nancy Mace, Lauren Boebert, Michael Cloud, Scott Perry and Tim Burchett.
Before the announcement Wednesday, Garcia said that Bondi was to blame for the delay.
“Pam Bondi has illegally defied our committee, skipped her deposition, and has refused to cooperate,” Garcia said.
Congress approved the Epstein Files Transparency Act in November, which required the release of the Justice Department’s records related to federal investigations into Epstein and accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. Bondi faced heated criticism from officials in both parties about the agency’s efforts to comply with the law.
The Justice Department ultimately released roughly 3 million pages of documents, roughly half its files. It said millions of other documents were withheld for reasons including efforts to protect survivors’ personal information and avoid jeopardizing active federal investigations.
Bondi will be among a slew of high-profile people to come before the committee. Previous testimony includes depositions from former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and billionaire businessman Les Wexner.
Jaala Brown contributed to this report.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/did-pam-bondis-handling-of-the-epstein-files-lead-to-trump-firing-her/
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