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Pam Bondi will not appear at scheduled House hearing on Epstein files, DoJ says (www.theguardian.com)

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Ah, so we finally have a reason for the timing of her dismissal and Trump's praise for her (when's the last time he fired someone and then gushed?).

Pam Bondi, the former US attorney general, will not appear next week for a scheduled deposition before the House oversight and government reform committee to answer questions about the justice department’s handling of the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and its release of the Epstein files, the committee said.

In a statement on Wednesday morning shared with the Guardian, a spokesperson for the House oversight committee said “the Department of Justice has stated Pam Bondi will not appear on April 14 for a deposition since she is no longer Attorney General and was subpoenaed in her capacity as Attorney General”.

“The Committee will contact Pam Bondi’s personal counsel to discuss next steps regarding scheduling her deposition,” they added.

In a letter obtained by the Guardian, assistant attorney general Patrick Davis wrote to James Comer, a Kentucky congressman and chair of the House oversight and government reform committee, telling him that “the Committee issued the subpoena to Ms Bondi in her official capacity as Attorney General”.

“Ms Bondi no longer holds that office,” the letter reads. “As a result, because Ms Bondi no longer can testify in her official capacity as Attorney General, the Department’s position is that the subpoena no longer obligates her to appear on April 14.

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