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The House Oversight Committee issued a subpoena to former AG Pam Bondi to testify before the Committee. They are curious about the statement she made last year to the effect of "I have the Epstein client list on my desk." They want to know what happened to it.
Now she says that since she is no longer AG, she doesn't have to testify. Of course, the Committee has full authority to subpoena civilians as well as government officials. If the Committee wants to avoid a nasty fight over the subpoena, it could withdraw the old subpoena and issue a new one for Pamela Bondi, private citizen.
If she refuses that one as well, the Committee could move to cite her for contempt of Congress. That would require three Republicans on the Committee to vote for a citation and then the full House. There are almost certainly two GOP votes on the Committee for a citation, Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Nancy Mace (R-SC). Boebert was impregnated at 16 and Mace is a rape survivor. They are very interested in bringing accountability to the Epstein class. When Mace heard that Bondi is not interested in showing up, she said: "The subpoena motion was related to Bondi by name, not by title. She will still have to appear before the Oversight Committee for a sworn deposition." There could be another vote on the Committee, as Republicans who look like they are protecting Epstein's buddies are not popular with the base. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) is not a member of the Oversight Committee, however, so the third vote won't be his. (V)