Overview
- House Oversight said Wednesday that former Attorney General Pam Bondi will sit for a closed‑door deposition on May 29 after Democrats moved to start contempt proceedings over her earlier no‑show.
- Journalist Katie Phang filed a lawsuit on Monday in Washington, D.C., seeking a court order to force Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to release the full Epstein records and to appoint a special master to police redactions.
- The Government Accountability Office opened a review Tuesday into how the Justice Department identified, redacted, and released the files and said it will coordinate with the department’s inspector general to avoid duplicating work.
- The Justice Department says it is complying with the law and has posted about 3 to 3.5 million pages while withholding roughly 3 million more, which it describes as duplicates or records kept back to protect survivors and active investigations.
- Lawmakers and advocates say the public releases exposed some victims’ email addresses and nude photos and blacked out names of prominent figures, a pattern that has prompted at least one victim’s lawsuit and renewed bipartisan pressure for accountability.