发布于 2026 年 3 月 19 日，美国东部时间下午 3:43 | 更新于 2026 年 3 月 19 日，美国东部时间下午 3:58 | 作者：安妮·格雷尔、马努·拉朱、艾莉森·梅因
美国司法部长帕姆·邦迪（Pam Bondi）和司法部副部长托德·布兰奇（Todd Blanche）于周三抵达众议院监督和政府改革委员会闭门简报会。
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在众议院监督委员会对杰弗里·爱泼斯坦（Jeffrey Epstein）调查中支持传唤司法部长帕姆·邦迪的保守派强硬派，在邦迪与小组委员会就此次充满争议的民主党会议后，正暗示他们可能改变立场。
共和党众议员劳伦·博伯特（Lauren Boebert）周四告诉 CNN，她“绝对”正在考虑撤回对传票的支持，因为“让她自愿回答我们想问的任何问题，却受到这样的对待，这绝对是可耻的。这只表明未来会发生什么。”
邦迪周三自愿与委员会成员闭门会面，随后民主党人因沮丧而愤然离场，称她不会承诺遵守传票。
据两名熟悉此次交流的消息人士透露，博伯特告诉邦迪，她“感到尴尬”，因为她曾投票支持在简报会上传唤她作证。消息人士补充说，这位国会议员还表示，如果可以的话，她会撤回传票。
CNN已联系博伯特就闭门会议置评。
该小组委员会中的五名共和党人本月早些时候投票支持传唤邦迪。
众议院监督委员会主席詹姆斯·科默（James Comer）周四告诉记者，他计划与其他共和党人讨论下一步行动，但表示他打算坚持执行传票。科默并非投票支持传票的五名共和党人之一，他曾表示认为此举没有必要。
“我还没有和共和党人谈过，我肯定会在本周末给他们打电话，”科默说。“我不知道会发生什么。我们会和共和党人商量。但就目前而言，我计划推进所有传票的执行。”
科默表示，如果他要撤销对邦迪的传票，必须咨询法律顾问，因为他不确定该如何处理这一流程。
博伯特称她“根本没有”就传票支持问题与白宫进行过沟通，但抨击民主党人在邦迪国会山露面时的处理方式。
“他们声称没有人凌驾于法律之上，当有人说他们会遵守法律时，他们却会说，不，不。我知道我们这边的人认为这是胡说八道，所以当你说这话的时候也一定是胡说八道，而他们的行为方式让我不想支持传票来强迫她进来并受到像昨天那样的对待，这真的很令人尴尬，”她说。
另一位投票支持传唤邦迪的共和党众议员蒂姆·伯切特（Tim Burchett）暗示，周三的听证会让他对小组委员会中的民主党人感到沮丧，称他们的离场“完全是一场表演”。
“她在场，他们有机会提问，但他们错过了，”他说。
当被追问邦迪是否仍应遵守传票时，伯切特回应道：“这取决于她。我们从这次交易中不会得到太多东西，”他哀叹爱泼斯坦案档案的处理方式。
“你知道，如果我们慢一点，我们可能会更快地得到答案，”他说。
领导推动众议院爱泼斯坦调查中传唤司法部长的共和党众议员南希·梅斯（Nancy Mace）表示，她对邦迪传票的支持并未动摇。
“没有人问过我，我也不会回答，”她告诉 CNN。
民主党人认为，司法部提供周三的简报会是为了避免邦迪遵守传票作证。
“我们再次要求司法部长帕姆·邦迪明确表示，她将应传票要求参加宣誓作证，而我们不会参与虚假听证会和简报会，就像他们昨天试图安排的那样，以逃避宣誓后的口头证词，”监督委员会民主党领袖、众议员罗伯特·加西亚（Robert Garcia）周四表示。
科默在传票附信中写道，他的小组委员会正在调查“联邦政府对爱泼斯坦和吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦（Ghislaine Maxwell）调查中可能存在的管理不善问题”。
“委员会对司法部在调查杰弗里·爱泼斯坦及其同伙方面的处理方式以及对《爱泼斯坦案档案透明度法案》（Epstein Files Transparency Act）的遵守情况存在疑问，”科默写道，指的是国会去年通过的一项要求司法部公开相关文件的法律。
到目前为止，司法部发布的爱泼斯坦案文件引发了两党议员的投诉，批评者称他们认为这些文件过度删减，并要求更高的透明度。
据消息人士透露，在周三的简报会上，民主党人敦促邦迪表明她是否仍计划参加作证。消息人士称，司法部长多次表示她计划“遵守法律”。
当邦迪结束简报会时，她重复了在房间内告诉议员们的关于传票的同样表态：“我已经明确表示，我会遵守法律。”
司法部发言人本周早些时候称传票“完全没有必要”，但没有说明司法部长是否会遵守。
“这张传票完全没有必要。议员们已被邀请到司法部自行查看未删减的文件，而司法部长一直随时准备直接与国会议员交谈，”该发言人说。
CNN的凯西·里德尔（Casey Riddle）对本文有贡献。
GOP hardliners wavering on support for Bondi subpoena after testy briefing | CNN Politics
Published Mar 19, 2026, 3:43 PM ET | Updated Mar 19, 2026, 3:58 PM ET | By Annie Grayer, Manu Raju, Alison Main
US Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche arrive for a closed-door briefing for members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, on Wednesday.
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Conservative hardliners who supported subpoenaing Attorney General Pam Bondi in the House Oversight Committee’s Jeffrey Epstein probe are now indicating that they are open to changing their position after Bondi met with the panel for a briefing that turned contentious with Democrats.
GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert told CNN on Thursday that she’s “absolutely” considering withdrawing her support for the subpoena because it “is absolutely shameful to have her come in there willingly to answer anything that we want to ask, and to be treated that way. It just shows what’s to come.”
Bondi’s voluntary meeting with committee members behind closed doors on Wednesday erupted when Democrats stormed out of the room in frustration, saying she would not commit to complying with her subpoena.
Boebert told Bondi that she was “embarrassed” that she had voted to subpoena her for a deposition during the briefing, according to two sources familiar with the exchange. The congresswoman also said she would withdraw the subpoena if she could, the sources added.
CNN has reached out to Boebert for comment on the closed-door meeting.
Five Republicans on the panel voted earlier this month to subpoena Bondi.
House Oversight Chair James Comer told reporters on Thursday that he plans to talk to his fellow Republicans about what the next steps are, but indicated he plans on honoring the subpoena. Comer was not one of the five Republicans to vote for the subpoena and has said he didn’t think it was necessary.
“I haven’t talked to Republicans, I’m sure I’ll give them a call this weekend,” Comer said. “I don’t know what is going to happen. We’ll talk to the Republicans. But as of now, I plan on moving forward with all of our subpoenas.”
Comer said if he were to rescind Bondi’s subpoena he would have to talk to counsel because he is not sure how the process would be handled.
Boebert said she hasn’t talked to the White House “at all” about her support for the subpoena, but slammed Democrats for how they handled Bondi’s appearance on Capitol Hill.
“They claim that no one is above the law, and when someone says they’ll follow it, they’re like, no, no. I know on our side that’s BS, so it must be BS when you say it right, and the way they behaved, it makes me not want to support a subpoena to force her to come in and be treated the way she was treated yesterday, it was really embarrassing,” she said.
Rep. Tim Burchett, another Republican who voted to subpoena Bondi, implied Wednesday’s proceedings made him frustrated with Democrats on the panel, calling their walkout “all staged.”
“She was there, they had an opportunity, and they blew it,” he said.
Pressed if Bondi should still answer to the subpoena, Burchett responded, “It’s up to her. We’re not going to get much out of this deal,” lamenting the handling of the Epstein files.
“You know, if we’d have just gone a little slower, we would have gotten there a little faster,” he said.
GOP Rep. Nancy Mace, who led the push to subpoena the attorney general in the House Epstein probe, said her support for the Bondi subpoena is not wavering.
“No one has asked me and I won’t,” she told CNN.
Democrats have argued that DOJ offered Wednesday’s briefing to try to get out of the subpoena for a deposition with Bondi.
“We are once again demanding that Attorney General Pam Bondi make it clear that she’s going to come in for an under oath deposition that she’s under subpoena to do, and that we’re not going to participate in fake hearings and briefings like the one that they tried to set up yesterday to get out of sworn, under oath testimony,” Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, said Thursday.
Comer wrote in the subpoena cover letter that his panel is investigating the “possible mismanagement of the federal government’s investigation” into Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
“The Committee has questions regarding the Department of Justice’s handling of the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and his associates and its compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act,” Comer wrote, referring to the law passed by Congress last year mandating the Justice Department’s release of the files.
The Justice Department’s release of the Epstein case files so far has prompted complaints from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, with critics saying they believe the files were overly redacted and demanding greater transparency.
During Wednesday’s briefing, Democrats pushed Bondi to say whether she still planned to appear for a deposition, according to sources. The attorney general said repeatedly that she planned to “follow the law,” the sources said.
When Bondi emerged from the briefing, she repeated the same refrain about the subpoena that she told lawmakers inside the room: “I made it crystal clear, I will follow the law.”
A DOJ spokesperson earlier this week called the subpoena “completely unnecessary,” but did not say whether the attorney general would comply.
“This subpoena is completely unnecessary. Lawmakers have been invited to view the unredacted files for themselves at the Department of Justice, and the Attorney General has always made herself available to speak directly with members of Congress,” the spokesperson said.
CNN’s Casey Riddle contributed to this report.
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