Overview
- Attorney General Pam Bondi refused to apologize to Epstein survivors during a five‑hour House Judiciary hearing, dismissing a request to face them as “theatrics” and insulting multiple lawmakers.
- The Justice Department says it finished posting the Epstein records about a month late, but survivors and attorneys report thousands of redaction errors that exposed names and sensitive images.
- Rep. Pramila Jayapal asked survivors present to stand and indicate if they had not met with the DOJ, and all eleven raised their hands.
- A photographed binder labeled with a lawmaker’s search history fueled concern that the DOJ tracked what members reviewed, which Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called “deeply, deeply disturbing.”
- Bondi defended the department and President Trump, asserted there is no evidence he committed a crime in the files, faced GOP criticism from Rep. Thomas Massie over redactions including Leslie Wexner’s name, and confronted growing calls for her resignation as betting markets raised the odds she could be the first cabinet official to exit.