Republicans cross the aisle and vote to compel AG Bondi to testify on Epstein information dealing with | EUROtoday

Five Republicans on the House Oversight Committee joined their Democratic colleagues in voting to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify over her dealing with of the Epstein information launch Wednesday afternoon.

In a 24-19 vote, the committee voted to pressure Bondi to take a seat for a deposition to face questioning concerning the Justice Department’s botched rollout of the information. Congress handed laws to pressure the division to launch hundreds of thousands of paperwork related to the investigation into the deceased intercourse offender – which the division responded to previous the deadline.

Republican Rep. Nancy Mace had launched a movement to subpoena the legal professional common after criticizing the Justice Department for suppressing information.

“The American people want answers on the Epstein files, and so do we,” Mace wrote on X.

Mace was joined by her Republican colleagues, Reps. Lauren Boebert, Michael Cloud, Scott Perry and Tim Burchett.

The subpoena vote comes sooner or later after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick agreed to voluntarily sit for a deposition about his relationship with Epstein, his former neighbor. Lutnick had misrepresented the extent of his relationship in interviews and failed to say he briefly visited Epstein’s island to have lunch as soon as in 2012.

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