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BREAKING: Pam Bondi BLOWS OFF SUBPOENA for deposition on Epstein files and now faces a bipartisan push for contempt of Congress charges.

Pam Bondi was supposed to sit down in Congress under oath on Tuesday and answer questions about the Jeffrey Epstein files. This being the Trump administration, she didn’t bother to show up.

The former Attorney General of the United States — subpoenaed by a bipartisan group of lawmakers under her own name, not by her former title — simply did not appear for her scheduled deposition before the House Oversight Committee. There were no answers, no testimony, no accountability — just an empty chair where the truth was supposed to be delivered.

The response to the egregious dereliction of governmental responsibility — from both sides of the aisle — was immediate and furious.

Ranking Member Robert Garcia (D-CA) didn't mince words: "Pam Bondi is evading a lawful congressional subpoena by failing to appear before the Oversight Committee for a deposition about the Epstein files and the White House cover-up. If she continues to ignore the law, Oversight Democrats will move forward with contempt proceedings immediately."

But here's what makes this situation extraordinary: it's not just Democrats attacking Bondi for her deliberate defiance of Congress. North Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace — who introduced the original subpoena — has made clear that Bondi was subpoenaed specifically, not in her capacity as attorney general, and that the subpoena remains valid regardless of her firing. Mace has threatened contempt if Bondi continues to refuse. Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) went further: "I previously moved to hold her in contempt; there's no reason we cannot try again."

Let's review the timeline, because it is deeply suspicious. Bondi was subpoenaed in March. Her deposition was scheduled for April 14th. She was fired in early April — just days before she was set to testify under oath. The Justice Department immediately used her firing as justification for why she wouldn't appear. Bondi claimed she needed a month to wrap up her work, but Todd Blanche assumed the acting AG title almost immediately. The DOJ quietly scrubbed Bondi from its website. And as of Tuesday, Bondi's own social media still listed her as attorney general.

She was either fired just in time to avoid testifying, or she's using her firing to avoid testifying. Either way, the Epstein files remain hidden, the Justice Department still hasn't fully complied with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and the woman accused by Rep. Garcia of "leading a White House cover-up" and "putting survivors in harm's way by exposing their identities" is not under oath answering for any of it.

Contempt of Congress is a crime. Defying a subpoena is a crime. The irony that the former top law enforcement officer of the United States is now openly flouting the law should not be lost on anyone.

Epstein's survivors are still waiting. Congress is still waiting. The American people are still waiting. But Pam Bondi apparently doesn’t care. She’s got important things to do, like updating her social media bio.

Please like and share this post if you believe that no one is above the law and that defying a congressional subpoena about the Epstein files should have consequences — for everyone, including the former Attorney General.