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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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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”.

“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.

“We kindly ask that you confirm that the subpoena is withdrawn,” the letter adds.

The committee’s subpoena has not been withdrawn, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 68 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

According to the ranking Democrat on the committee, the subpoena was for Pam Bondi by name, not specifically for the Attorney General. The subpoena is completely valid and legal, and her testimony could be crucial to understand the issue at hand.

She is still legally required to testify, and that's why they're still asking for the subpoena to be withdrawn, instead of simply saying it's invalid.

Imagine if things worked this way in the real world. Your boss notices that all of the money is missing from the cash register, so they report you to the police, but when the police come to conduct an interview, you just say, "I quit that job, so you can't do anything to me."

[–] allidoislietomyself@lemmy.world 18 points 1 hour ago

True but these people all play by a different set of rules then us plebs.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 6 points 55 minutes ago (1 children)

How long until she commits "suicide"?

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 2 points 15 minutes ago

I hope she's living every moment of every day utterly terrified of this possibility.

[–] kylie_kraft@lemmy.world 31 points 1 hour ago

Well yeah, this was probably the primary reason for Trump to fire her when he did.

The argument is bullshit because Bondi is subpoenaed in name, not by her office. It doesn't have to be a good argument, though, because the Supreme Court just ruled that contempt of Congress is meaningless.

[–] SkavarSharraddas@gehirneimer.de 1 points 6 minutes ago

Straight to jail with her then?

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Oh darn it, she's not in the position and the new guy is only acting AG, certainly not privvy to the decisions made by his predecessor. Darn, guess there's no possible way to enact oversight then. Shame.

On wait, actually - huh! It seems there's enough time for BOTH of them to testify! Bring her in as a civilian to answer any questions Blanche says he doesn't know. Wow, who knew 16D chess was so easy.

[–] NekoKoneko@lemmy.world 11 points 1 hour ago

Indeed. And, if only they originally subpoenaed her as an individual and not as the AG, they could just bring her in anyway because Congress has and exercised that power because of the information she had, not because of her job title.

Wait! Can this be right?! She was subpoenaed as an individual! Oh, that's a relief, now Congress can just move ahead with her testimony without even waiting for Blanche or having to re-subpoena her (phwew, so much time would have been wasted)! I bet everyone involved is relieved.

[–] Shadowcrawler@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 29 minutes ago

The u.s.a. are nothing more than a banana republic at this point.

[–] Fishnoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

Not true. She's trying to weasel out, but she is bound by law to testify

[–] DoctorNope@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago

"Well yes, we've already had one constitutional crisis today, but what about second constitutional crisis?" -The DOJ, probably

It sure would be nice if these assholes could take ONE FUCKING DAY off from actively shielding child rapists, subverting the rule of law, destroying faith in government, or undermining the people's interests. I know the firehose of bullshit is the whole point, but god damn.

[–] Lydon_Feen@lemmy.world 12 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Wait... Was she fired for this stupid, pathetic move?

[–] man_wtfhappenedtoyou@lemmy.world 10 points 1 hour ago

It does seem that way.

[–] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 8 points 1 hour ago

DANG NAB IT! They got us Good! Oh well let's send out the Fundraising Texts!

-Democrats!

[–] Yuccagnocchiyaki@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

It is a private citizen now in a dangerous and chaotic world it helped to create

[–] rayyy@piefed.social 4 points 2 hours ago

Surprised - NOT.

[–] gressen@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

What happens is she gets called again as a private person? Will she get defenestrated?

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 7 points 1 hour ago

She was called by name, not office, so their justification is bullshit.