The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi for a deposition on the Department of Justice's handling of its investigation of Jeffrey Epstein , and its compliance with a law requiring all documents related to the notorious sex offender to be made public.
The 24-19 vote by the committee came after growing criticism of the DOJ for failing to release all of the Epstein files, and reports that it has removed from public view tens of thousands of documents that previously were made public.
The motion to subpoena Bondi was introduced by Rep. Nancy Mace , a South Carolina Republican, who blasted the DOJ earlier Wednesday over its suppression of many Epstein files.
"AG Bondi claims the DOJ has released all of the Epstein files. The record is clear: they have not," Mace said in a post on X.
"The Epstein case is one of the greatest cover-ups in American history," Mace wrote.
Mace also posted a YouTube video showing her entering the motion at the Oversight Committee.
In addition to Mace, four other Republicans joined most of the panel's Democrats in voting to subpoena Bondi, who is a Republican: Lauren Boebert of Colorado; Pennsylvania's Scott Perry; Tim Burchett of Tennessee; and Michael Cloud of Texas.
CNBC has requested comment from the DOJ.
The DOJ, under the Epstein Transparency Act passed nearly unanimously by Congress last year, was required to publicly release all of its files on Epstein and his convicted accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.
After making more than 3 million documents public in late January, the DOJ said it would not release the rest of the Epstein files, which total more than 2.5 million documents.
Since then, media outlets have reported that the DOJ removed from public view.
Some of the files withheld had included memos and notes about FBI interviews, including those of a woman who has alleged that President Donald Trump sexually abused her when she was a minor.
Trump has never been charged with wrongdoing in connection with Epstein, and has said he was unaware of his former friend's criminal conduct.
CBS News reported on Tuesday that "as of late February, the Justice Department has taken down more than 47,000 files comprising about 65,500 pages."
众议院监督委员会投票决定传唤司法部长帕姆·邦迪作证，要求其就司法部对杰弗里·爱泼斯坦一案的调查处理情况，以及是否遵守了要求公开与这名臭名昭著的性犯罪者相关所有文件的法律进行说明。委员会以24票赞成、19票反对的结果通过表决。此前，美国司法部因未全部公开爱泼斯坦案文件而受到越来越多的批评，并有报道称该部门已将此前公开的数万份文件从公众视野中移除。周三，众议院监督委员会投票决定传唤司法部长帕姆·邦迪（Pam Bondi）作证，要求其就司法部对杰弗里·爱泼斯坦（Jeffrey Epstein）调查的处理情况，以及是否遵守了一项要求公开与这名臭名昭著的性犯罪者有关的所有文件的法律进行说明。
委员会以24票赞成、19票反对的结果通过表决。此前，美国司法部因未完全公开爱泼斯坦案文件而备受批评，且有报道称该部门已将数万份此前公开的文件从公众视野中撤下。
要求传唤邦迪的动议由南卡罗来纳州共和党众议员南希·梅斯提出。梅斯本周三早些时候曾严厉批评司法部压制大量爱泼斯坦相关文件的行为。
梅斯在X平台上发文称："司法部长邦迪声称司法部已公布所有爱泼斯坦案文件。但记录显示得很清楚——他们并未做到。"
梅斯写道："爱泼斯坦案是美国历史上最严重的掩盖事件之一。"
梅斯还在YouTube上发布了一段视频，记录她向监督委员会提交动议的过程。
除梅斯外，另有四名共和党人与委员会中多数民主党人一起投票支持传唤同为共和党人的邦迪，他们分别是：科罗拉多州的劳伦·博伯特、宾夕法尼亚州的斯科特·佩里、田纳西州的蒂姆·伯切特以及得克萨斯州的迈克尔·克劳德。
美国消费者新闻与商业频道（CNBC）已向美国司法部（DOJ）请求置评。
根据美国国会去年几乎全票通过的《爱泼斯坦透明法案》，司法部被要求公开其掌握的关于爱泼斯坦及其已被定罪的同伙吉丝莲·麦克斯韦的全部文件。
美国司法部（DOJ）在1月下旬公开了逾300万份文件后表示，将不再公布爱泼斯坦案剩余文件，这些文件总计超过250万份。
此后，多家媒体报道称美国司法部已将相关内容从公开视野中移除。
被扣留的部分文件中包含联邦调查局（FBI）的访谈备忘录和记录，其中涉及一名女性的指控——她声称自己在未成年时曾遭到唐纳德·特朗普总统的性侵。
特朗普从未因与爱泼斯坦有关的违法行为受到指控，并表示他并不知晓这位前朋友的犯罪行为。
哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）新闻周二报道称，"截至2月下旬，美国司法部已删除超过4.7万份文件，共计约6.55万页。"
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