Former Attorney General Pam Bondi spent three and a half hours testifying before the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill today, marking her first public appearance since being removed from the Department of Justice and diagnosed with thyroid cancer. Upon arrival, Bondi was observed wearing a large bandage on her throat following recent surgery.
Bondi’s testimony occurred while she remained under treatment for thyroid cancer, with visible surgical dressing present on her neck. During her appearance, she expressed pride in the Department of Justice’s unprecedented transparency during the Trump administration, highlighting the production of nearly 3 million pages of Jeffrey Epstein files, thousands of videos, and hundreds of thousands of images. She stated that investigations into Epstein and his accomplice Andrew Maxwell advanced under President Trump across multiple presidential administrations—from Bush to Biden—and emphasized the DOJ’s adherence to the Epstein Files Transparency Act through a “diligent, good-faith, comprehensive review process.”
Bondi acknowledged “redaction errors” were made but maintained that withheld materials were limited to non-responsive, privileged, or duplicative content. She also reaffirmed her commitment to victims of criminal activity and encouraged them to come forward to the FBI.
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon confirmed during an interview with The New York Post that Bondi twice stated Andrew Maxwell—Epstein’s accomplice and occasional girlfriend—should not receive a presidential pardon, calling him “very evil” and noting that females who collaborate with sex offenders are “worse because they procure other victims.”
The House Oversight Committee continues its investigation into the Department of Justice’s handling of Epstein-related files following his death in a Manhattan jail cell on August 10, 2019.
