Rep. Jim Jordan says Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel will testify before the House Judiciary Committee about a range of issues, including the Epstein files.
Speaking to Newsmax on Tuesday, Jordan confirmed the appearances were already being scheduled before the recent firestorm, and he pushed back on Democrats calling for subpoenas.
“We’re not going to subpoena the attorney general,” Jordan said.
Controversy erupted after the DOJ and the FBI released a memo claiming that, after a full review of the Epstein case, there was “no incriminating ‘client list,’” no credible blackmail evidence, and no reason to investigate uncharged third parties. The memo also doubled down on the official story that Epstein died by suicide in his cell in 2019.
Democrats on the committee, led by Rep. Jamie Raskin, sent a letter demanding testimony from Bondi and her deputy, Todd Blanche, as well as Patel and his deputy, Dan Bongino, and called on Jordan to subpoena them if necessary.
Jordan made it clear that it won’t be happening. He told Newsmax the committee invites the attorney general and FBI director to testify every year, regardless of who’s in office.
“We were going to invite them whether this issue was here or not,” he said. “They come in front of the Judiciary Committee typically once every year. So, we’re already working with both of their offices to schedule that sometime this year. That will definitely happen.”
Jordan also voiced support for the administration.
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“I do have all the confidence in the world in President Trump and his team when it comes to all kinds of issues, including this,” he said. “I do think the American people want to know, but I have confidence in President Trump and his team.”
Speaker Mike Johnson is demanding full transparency from the Department of Justice on everything it knows about Jeffrey Epstein, and he wants Attorney General Pam Bondi to explain herself.
Johnson, in an interview released after House Republicans blocked a Democrat-led vote to force disclosure of Epstein related files, told Benny Johnson that the public deserves the truth.
“It’s a very delicate subject, but you should put everything out there, let the people decide it,” Johnson said. “I’m for transparency.”
His remarks come after the DOJ and FBI concluded that Epstein died by suicide and that there was no client list, as conspiracy theories have claimed. That conclusion, and Bondi’s previous comments, have fueled questions among Trump’s supporters.
In February, Bondi told Fox News she had files related to the Epstein investigation “sitting on my desk right now,” including a document suspected of naming powerful people connected to Epstein’s sex crimes.
But in a Cabinet meeting earlier this month, she walked that back.
“My response was, it’s sitting on my desk to be reviewed. Meaning the file, along with the JFK and MLK files,” Bondi said. She denied ever saying she had a client list.
Now, Speaker Johnson says Bondi needs to clear things up.
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“I think she was talking about documents, as I understood, that were on her desk. I don’t know that she was specific about a list or whatever, but she needs to come forward and explain that to everybody,” he said.
Trump, meanwhile, is standing by her.
“The attorney general has handled that very well. She’s really done a very good job, and I think that when you look at that, you’ll understand it,” Trump told reporters Tuesday at the White House.
Johnson said he is “anxious” to get the issue resolved so the DOJ can turn its focus to real priorities.
“We need the DOJ focusing on the major priorities. Let’s get this thing resolved so that they can deal with violent crime and public safety and election integrity and going after ActBlue and the things that the president is most concerned about,” Johnson said.
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