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Attorney General Pam Bondi was subpoenaed by a House committee.

The Republican-led House Oversight Committee is calling on her to testify about her role in the release of millions of pages of files related to investigations of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Five Republicans joined every Democrat on the committee in the vote to subpoena Ms. Bondi. Lawmakers in both parties have criticized the Justice Department’s handling of the files, which they say are overly redacted and exclude key records, such as how officials like Ms. Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel worked on the release. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick – who the files reveal met with Epstein twice after his 2008 conviction – has agreed to testify voluntarily.

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