Bondi Skips Epstein Deposition, Congress Pushing Back

0:00It's April 8th. Welcome to Entertainment and celebrity news today powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. Former Attorney General Pam Bondi is skipping a key deposition set for April 14th with the House Oversight Committee. They're digging into the government's files on child offender Jeffrey Epstein. Chair James Comer subpoenaed her last month after a bipartisan vote with five Republican siding with Democrats. And now the Justice Department says she doesn't have to show since Trump fired her last month, and the subpoena targeted her old role. Bondi's ouster might tie back to her messy handling of those Epstein documents. Early last year, she hyped up having Epstein's so-called client list on her desk, but the department later clarified no such list exists and nothing. To charge others, that sparked outrage, leading to the subpoena and a new law forcing the files into a public database. The release materials under her watch included some tough reads for Trump, like a wear 2003 birthday note to Epstein and old FBI.

1:02Reports on an unbearified assault claim from the 1980s. The Justice Department fumbled deadlines, redacting stuff by mistake and holding back others, leaving plenty still under wraps. By partisan voices are pushing back hard. Reps, Rokana, and Nancy Mays wrote to Comer, stressing that leaving office doesn't erase accountability. Mays made it clear the subpoena names Bondi personally, not just her title, and she needs to face questions on the stonewalling. The committee plans to reach out to Bondi's personal lawyers for next steps on rescheduling. This Epstein saga keeps unfolding, with Congress determined to pull back the curtain no matter who steps down.