2026-05-29T15:49:11.674Z / 路透社
作者：理查德·考恩
2026年5月29日 世界标准时间15:49 更新于17分钟前
[1/4]2026年5月29日，美国华盛顿国会山，前美国司法部长帕姆·邦迪出席众议院监督与政府改革委员会的闭门访谈，该访谈是委员会对司法部处理杰弗里·爱泼斯坦相关文件的持续调查的一部分。路透社/凯莉·库珀
华盛顿，5月29日 路透社 —— 前美国司法部长帕姆·邦迪于周五出席共和党主导的国会委员会闭门会议，就司法部发布的与已故性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦调查相关的文件作证。
“我们今日将质询为何仍有文件未予披露……剩余哪些文件，以及为何未移交，”众议院监督委员会主席詹姆斯·科默会前对记者表示。
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他表示，任何文件都不应向委员会隐瞒。
在邦迪任职期间，司法部已发布超过300万页记录，但因向公众隐瞒部分材料而遭批评。司法部官员称，不会披露可能暴露受害者或影响正在进行的调查的信息，但民主党人和部分共和党人指责邦迪试图为总统唐纳德·特朗普规避审查。特朗普此前一直反对披露相关信息，直至国会以压倒性多数通过强制发布文件的法律前不久才改变立场。
特朗普于4月2日解雇邦迪，部分原因是其处理爱泼斯坦文件的方式。
特朗普与爱泼斯坦在上世纪90年代及21世纪初常有往来，但特朗普多次称，早在爱泼斯坦2008年因向未成年人招揽卖淫认罪前，两人就已断绝联系。
爱泼斯坦2019年再次被捕，被控对未成年人实施性 trafficking，被指在纽约和佛罗里达州招募并虐待未成年女孩。同年，他在纽约监狱牢房内死亡，官方裁定为自杀。
爱泼斯坦的文件披露了这名金融家与包括特朗普、前总统比尔·克林顿以及前约克公爵安德鲁·蒙巴顿-温莎在内的权贵的联系。上述人士均称对爱泼斯坦被指控的性 trafficking行为毫不知情。
得克萨斯州民主党众议员罗伯特·加西亚批评科默决定不对邦迪的访谈进行录像，称此举本可让公众了解她的态度。
加西亚还表示，民主党人对文件披露不完整存在疑问，以及为何部分包含爱泼斯坦幸存者私人信息的文件被公之于众，他称此举将幸存者置于危险之中。
一名爱泼斯坦虐待案的幸存者也到场批评邦迪对相关材料的处理方式。
“令人难以置信的是，司法部竟发布了裸照……司法部发布了色情内容。这令人无法接受，”幸存者莎琳·理查德在委员会听证室外对记者说道。
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Ex-US Attorney General Bondi testifies to Congress panel probing Epstein case
2026-05-29T15:49:11.674Z / Reuters
By Richard Cowan
May 29, 2026 3:49 PM UTC Updated 17 mins ago
[1/4]Former U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi arrives for a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee interview as part of the committee’s ongoing probe into the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 29, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper
WASHINGTON, May 29 (Reuters) – Former U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared on Friday before a closed meeting of a Republican-led congressional committee to testify on the Justice Department’s release of documents related to its investigation of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“We will be asking today about why documents still are not released….what documents remain and why they haven’t been turned over,” House of Representatives Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer told reporters beforehand.
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He said that no documents should be held back from the committee.
Under Bondi, the Justice Department released more than 3 million pages of records but faced criticism for holding some of that material from the public. DOJ officials said they would not release information that exposed victims or compromised ongoing investigations, but Democrats and some Republicans accused Bondi of trying to shield President Donald Trump from scrutiny. Trump opposed the release of the information until shortly before Congress overwhelmingly passed a law ordering their release.
Trump fired Bondi on April 2, in part due to her handling of the Epstein files.
Trump and Epstein socialized in the 1990s and early 2000s, but Trump has repeatedly said he ended the relationship before Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting prostitution from a minor.
He was arrested again in 2019 and charged with sex trafficking of minors, accused of recruiting and abusing underage girls in New York and Florida. His death that year in a New York jail cell was ruled a suicide.
The Epstein files revealed the financier’s ties to powerful people including Trump, former President Bill Clinton and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former Duke of York. All have said they had no knowledge of Epstein’s alleged sex trafficking.
Democratic Representative Robert Garcia of Texas criticized Comer’s decision to not videotape Bondi’s interview, which he said would have allowed the public to gauge her demeanor.
Garcia also said Democrats have questions about the incomplete release of the files, and why some containing private information about Epstein survivors were released to the public, which he said put them in danger.
One survivor of Epstein’s abuse also was on hand to criticize Bondi’s handling of the material.
“It boggles my mind that the Department of Justice released nude photos…the Department of Justice released pornography. That is unacceptable,” survivor Charlene Richard told reporters outside the committee hearing room.
Reporting by Richard Cowan and Doina Chiacu; editing by Andy Sullivan and Chizu Nomiyama
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