Fired AG Bondi DROPS BOMBSHELL, Admits To HUGE Trump DOJ Mistake At Epstein Files Deposition | Watch

Added: 2026-05-30

[00:00:00]Former Attorney General Pam Bondi is now facing intense scrutiny at Capitol Hill after admitting that the Justice Department made what she called redaction errors during the controversial release of files connected to Jeffrey Epstein.

[00:00:15]According to opening remarks obtained by NBC News, Bondi told members of the House Oversight Committee during a closed-door interview that mistakes were made while handling sensitive documents tied to the Epstein investigation.

[00:00:28]Bondi said she had been assured by the review team that only non-responsive, privileged, or duplicate material had been withheld from the public release.

[00:00:37]She insisted the Justice Department made a good faith effort to release all potentially relevant documents under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. However, she also acknowledged that errors did occur. "There were redaction errors," Bondi admitted in her prepared statement while defending the Department's overall commitment to accountability and transparency.

[00:00:58]The controversy surrounding the Epstein files has exploded in recent [music] months, especially after survivors and lawmakers accused the DOJ of mishandling sensitive information. Critics say some released documents exposed the names of abuse survivors despite promises their identities would [music] be protected.

[00:01:16]At the same time, Democratic lawmakers claimed the names of alleged perpetrators may have been hidden through heavy redactions.

[00:01:24]Bondi also [music] attempted to distance herself from parts of the review process, saying she delegated much of the oversight to then Deputy Attorney General Todd Blench, who now serves as Acting Attorney [music] General.

[00:01:35]The backlash intensified after Bondi claimed during a Fox News interview [music] in February last year that she had an Epstein client list sitting on her desk, a statement that fueled massive public [music] speculation.

[00:01:48]But in July 2025, the DOJ and FBI released a memo stating [music] there was no evidence such a client list existed and reaffirming that Epstein died by suicide. That conclusion triggered outrage from both critics >> [music] >> and some of Donald Trump's own supporters who demanded more transparency.

[00:02:06]Outside Friday's hearing room, Epstein survivors confronted lawmakers and demanded answers about [music] why victims' names became public while other names remained hidden.

[00:02:16]House Oversight Chairman Comer said the government had failed survivors and promised lawmakers would investigate whether more Epstein-related documents still remain unreleased. Now the pressure is growing over what exactly is still being kept secret and who knows what inside the Justice Department.

[00:02:33]>> Well, I want to thank everyone for being here today. This will be our 13th interview thus far in the Epstein investigation. Uh we will be having former Attorney General Pam Bondi. Uh this is the second time she's come voluntarily. She came a few months ago for a uh briefing.

[00:02:51]Unfortunately, the Democrats got up and and walked out of that briefing. Uh many of the Republicans asked her questions for a couple hours during during that briefing and I'm uh uh appreciate that she's coming back today voluntarily.

[00:03:04]>> Mr. Comer, what is your message right now to many of the Epstein survivors who were here today? They were here behind the Attorney General, the former Attorney General back in February when she testified to the committee. She wouldn't turn around. What is your message to them today about accountability and transparency because many of them say that the Justice Department still has yet to meet some.

[00:03:25]>> Well, I I've said this publicly many times. The government has failed the survivors. There's no question about that. And that dates back five presidential administrations. We're taking this investigation seriously. Uh the last interview we had, deposition, we we had some names mentioned for the first time.

[00:03:46]So we're proceeding with that. Uh we wanted get the truth to the American people. We want to try to provide justice for the survivors.

[00:03:55]Uh Uh and again, this this case hasn't been thoroughly investigated. I think that's one thing that that we all can see. So, what we're trying to do is just connect all the dots and and uh see if there is a way to hold people accountable.

[00:04:12]Remember, many of these crimes happened 20-plus years ago. We're going to do everything in our ability to hold people accountable uh and and try to understand how the government failed. But they did.

[00:04:24]They failed. There there's no question.

[00:04:25]It's not not just this administration. It goes back several administrations. So, we're going to do everything in our ability to try to get justice for the victims.

[00:04:35]But all along the way, I think the one thing that we can say with confidence as far as the the survivors were failed by the government.

[00:04:43]And and I hope that we can do the best that we can do in in getting answers and getting the truth to American people, trying to provide some type of justice for the survivors. And if if there's any way possible to hold people accountable, that's what we want to see happen.

[00:05:00]Well, we thank you for being here. And again, we we will continue communications. And if there are questions that aren't asked, anything you're not satisfied with, let us know.

[00:05:09]We're going to do everything in our ability to get answers for you all. All right. Thank you all for being here.

[00:05:13]Thank you all.

[00:05:14]>> Well, yes. I appreciate that they were bringing in people that the government has not brought in before and that the Department of Justice and FBI were not willing to take these leads. There are leads. And so, we're hoping to get to some truth and accountability. This is what matters. The American public and we deserve the truth. That's it. It's all about the truth.

[00:05:36]>> And again, there were there were a number of people out there that have never been interviewed, that have never been brought to justice. And we want to see that happen, every single one of them.

[00:05:45]>> Every single one of them. And if they say I don't remember, we don't believe them because we remember and those questions need to be asked again. And if there's a deflection, we are going to get to the bottom of this. Us as survivors, we deserve the truth and so does everybody else.

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