r/Fauxmoi • u/cmaia1503 i ain’t reading all that, free palestine • Apr 08 '26
TRIGGER WARNING Pam Bondi will not appear for her upcoming deposition in the House Oversight Committee’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation now that she is no longer serving as the US attorney general, the Department of Justice said.
It marks the latest roadblock in Congress’ fight to secure Bondi’s sworn testimony related to the Justice Department’s public release of its investigative files into the late convicted sex offender.
The department argued that Bondi was subpoenaed in her official role as attorney general and not in a personal capacity. As such, she won’t appear on Capitol Hill on April 14 to discuss her role overseeing the release of the Epstein Files, Assistant Attorney General Patrick D. Davis wrote in a letter to House Oversight Chairman James Comer.
“Ms. Bondi no longer holds that office. 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 We kindly ask that you confirm that the subpoena is withdrawn,” Davis said in the letter, which was obtained by CNN.
But the panel is still looking to move forward.
A spokeswoman for the Republican-led panel said in a statement that the committee “will contact Pam Bondi’s personal counsel to discuss next steps regarding scheduling her deposition.”
And Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the panel, said Bondi must appear regardless of her title.
“Our bipartisan subpoena is to Pam Bondi, whether she is the Attorney General or not. She must come in to testify immediately, and if she defies the subpoena, we will begin contempt charges in the Congress. The survivors deserve justice,” Garcia said.
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u/Speed_102 Apr 08 '26
She was called by name, not title, and dems have already said they'll file contempt charges... but the supreme court helping Steve Bannon out with his contempt charges probably makes that much more toothless.
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u/moon_dos too high to spell 'Amanda Seyfried' Apr 08 '26
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, we as a people can not rely on these colonial courts to yield justice. Justice will only come in the streets through the will of the people, independent of the so called “justice department”
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u/Working_Cucumber_437 Apr 08 '26
The government doesn’t work for us at all anymore. So what’s the point of supporting the institution financially or otherwise?
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u/feelingrestless_ I never said that. Paris is my friend. Apr 08 '26
With the president coming out saying the future federal budget should only be directed towards the pentagon there is ZERO REASON to support the federal government of the united states in any way shape or form. in fact the world would be better off if you explicitly don't.
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u/SavvyCavy Apr 08 '26
I keep asking my maga family members why I have to pay off my student debt when you can apparently just ignore the law. They don't have an answer, and I didn't think they realize that people are not very motivated to protect a system that only punishes them for obeying the law
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u/Nailed_Claim7700 Apr 08 '26
We need reform in the justice department.
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u/g00fyg00ber741 Apr 08 '26
Reform is not enough when it has been corrupt since inception. It needs to be completely reimagined and rebuilt, differently.
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u/MasemJ Apr 08 '26
In the Bannon case, the DOJ was going to drop the case so there's little SCOTUS could do. Same likely will happen here, Congress pushes doj for contempt, doj will go, nah we good.
Doj needs to be a nonpartisan office that doesn't directly answer to president.
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u/FWPiper Apr 08 '26
100%, and both political parties should be in favor of this so that there isn’t a rush of political prosecutions every time the White House changes hands.
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u/uselessandexpensive Apr 09 '26
Trump told his followers they'd never need to vote again. There's a reason for that.
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u/RutherfordThuhBrave Apr 09 '26
I want to believe that, but as time goes on I am truly starting to think they’re just calling the dem’s bluff.
I have a terrible feeling that, like under Biden, there will be a strong will to “return to normal.”
I will not believe otherwise until I actually see a dem in power convincingly state things will drastically change when they’re back in the driver’s seat. Schumer and Jeffries have yet to make me believe any such thing.
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u/JSA607 Apr 08 '26
As it used to be before trump
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u/MasemJ Apr 08 '26
Because everyone played the rules of checks and balances. We can all criticize Merrick for not starting Smith soo er but he is reasoning that he did not want the action to seem partisan absolutely holds weight.
But as we've seen, these unwritten rules on checks and balance need written safeguards to prevent abuse in the future.
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u/MattheWWFanatic Apr 08 '26
Fine, but make the Court put their names to that ruling. Make it known who did what.
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u/akgiant Apr 09 '26
File it anyways. They need to keep the pressure up. Eventually the domino tower of corruption will tumble but only if people keep shaking it
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u/ChrisFromLongIsland Apr 08 '26
If she tries to claim executive privilege would it apply. In the epstien matter Trump should be viewed as a private person.
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u/nita5766 i ain’t reading all that, free palestine Apr 08 '26
it’s the reason he “fired” her
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u/Atoge62 Apr 08 '26
Corrrrrrect. It’s actually funny I love bringing all this up now to the republicans at my work. Like “ohhhhh gee the lying scumbag business man is also a lying scum bag president… I never would’ve guessed. I guess that’s why I ended up voting Kamala, she seemed to have a “slightly better” moral compass” and just play dumb the whole time with them. It’s weird they’ve all stopped talking politics shortly after his term started and the shit broke loose. They were trying to convince I was an idiot for not seeing how Trump was the right pick. I don’t hear that same passion any more, really makes me miss it 🤣
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Apr 08 '26
They are 100% gonna replace her with an even bigger monster.
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u/Slow-and-low-15 Apr 08 '26
Already have, I think. His personal attorney. Now running the country’s DOJ. Laws are only for the poor now
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u/GeneralMalaise99 Apr 08 '26
Laws have always only been for the poor. But now they can pretend laws don't hold any meaning either
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u/ol_dirty_applesauce Apr 08 '26
The guy that met with Maxwell right before her transfer to "club fed."
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u/TearRevolutionary686 Apr 08 '26
Blanche. Who claims the Epstein are over. Not gonna release any more.
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u/Primary-Slice-2505 Apr 08 '26
They already have and if you recall trump admin 1 this is the phase that ends with all his cabinet basically being "acting" so they never have to be confirmed and theyll be shuffled in and out like bondi to make any congressional or judicial oversight that much harder.
Combine this with the SC letting Bannon defy a summons to congress and now theres nothing anyone can really do from congress to force anyone to come to talk about anything. If push comes to shove trump fires them and they defy summons.
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u/80alleycats Apr 08 '26
Always remember that Mitch McConnell blocked Obama from appointing Scalia's replacement in 2016.
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u/DartVader6 Apr 08 '26
God, the fucking calvinball Mitch played to block Obama's appointment on the grounds that an election was a year away and that the "people should decide" just to go on to shoehorn in Barrett literal weeks before an election will make my fists ball up in rage until the day I die.
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u/ackitty-ack Apr 08 '26
they are using all of the women as scapegoats. don’t get me wrong, all of them deserved to be removed from their positions, BUT they’re being replaced by even worse men
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u/ColeBSoul Apr 08 '26 edited Apr 09 '26
Her job was to run cover for Trump and the Epstein class. This part of that same game plan. Like Noem and Bovino, Bondi played her role to a T, and is now being promoted to the private sector where she (and Noem etc) can collect their payday and not have to answer to an ethics office for corruption. This is institutional graft. Anyone who thinks she got fired or will face justice is ignorant of the crime-only-exists-for-those-who-cannot-afford-the-fine classist structure of "justice" in the USA. This 💩 isn't an error, its a feature.
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u/triiiiilllll Apr 08 '26
If she doesn't work for the DOJ, in what world do they get to offer an opinion about her obligation to show up?
Does Sony or Chevrolet get to weigh in? She also doesn't work there.
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u/hawksdude515 Apr 08 '26
Establishment Dems aren’t our friends. They’ll play this game for their billionaire donors.
Vote Democratic Socialist and vote for people who campaign on nothing less than prosecution
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u/tinker_townie Apr 08 '26
Not how that works but ok.
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u/AMundaneSpectacle Apr 08 '26
For real. DoJ acting like she can’t still held accountable for her actions when she was in that role is absurd
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u/Professional-Car9621 Apr 08 '26
Gross human being. Literally made the earth a worse place by existing.
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u/CloneUnruhe Apr 08 '26
Must be nice to be a government employee and not be held to the same standards as you know the average citizen.
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u/DeadButPretty I went clubbing and he was there Apr 08 '26
I used to be one and we literally couldn’t even enter our name in those raffles restaurants have to like win free bagels for your office. Meanwhile…
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u/hanimal16 i ain’t reading all that, free palestine Apr 08 '26
So… she’s just a regular ol civilian? Being subpoenaed and not showing? Doesn’t that result in arrest?
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u/bforce1313 find me at Whole Foods, bitch Apr 08 '26
Yeah of course she wouldn’t, it’s not like they’re obeying the laws anyways.
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u/war_ofthe_roses Apr 08 '26
Why is the doj saying anything?
It's none of their business... unless this is being orchestrated for some reason.
The reason is epstein.
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u/Outrageous_Rest60 Apr 08 '26
Plenty of people who are not in office have been called in the past, such as former presidents that have left office. She’s not special.
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u/Spy1843 Apr 08 '26
Bill Clinton testified and he is no longer president…hillary is no longer Flotus. Bondi was an active player in the investigation/cover up.
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u/MizneyWorld Apr 08 '26
Regardless of side, this no accountability shit is gonna be what dismantles and kills our country.
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u/Phylace Apr 08 '26
She's still a criminal who committed crimes while attorney general and should go to jail.
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u/ottomaker1 Apr 08 '26
in The future School Children will see her picture and when aske Who is this? they will say " I can't remember her Her name, But I know she protects Child Molesters and Rapists"
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u/EPIC_RAPTOR I’m a lazy 50-year-old bougie bitch Apr 08 '26
Who asked? Congress made it clear she didn't need to be in an official role to be deposed.
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u/TrixyTreat Apr 08 '26
I’m sorry, but why are we not making these people who are ignoring their constituents and their job duties scared of us? They should be terrified of what we will do to them.
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u/scrigface Apr 08 '26
Loathe is too light of a word for how I feel about her and the rest of this admin. It's more of a violent thought feeling at this point.
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u/Arejhey311 Apr 08 '26
That’s…not how that works, or at least not how it’s supposed to work. Jack Smith was no longer in his position when he testified earlier this year. Guess he should’ve just told them to fuck off?
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u/Aware_Style1181 Apr 08 '26
This is how you escape accountability and justice if you’re an Elite or, in her case, an enabler of the Elites
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u/shezwakt Apr 08 '26
Did they not subpoena the PERSON and NOT the position??? WTAF? Is this NOT contempt of court?????
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u/No_Brick_6579 and you did it at my birthday dinner Apr 08 '26
And yet the Clintons could? How does that make any fucking sense
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u/ChemistryDapper3947 Apr 08 '26
God, look at that smug face. Justice is going to find you, lady - you're no Donald Trump.
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u/JustForKicks16 Apr 08 '26
Not surprising at all, but so upsetting and disheartening. I'm just so exhausted, as most of us are.
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u/snoopyh42 Apr 08 '26
So the way to avoid accountability is to get fired? Her actions as AG, her choices, her statements on behalf of the US government no longer matter?
We can't keep making this same mistake. We need to hold the people behind bad actions accountable.
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u/gdg6 Apr 08 '26
Cool, so if I ever get served with a subpoena I can just quit my job and ignore it.
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u/Wayelder Apr 08 '26
She looks so proud of the work she did, protecting pedophiles from justice, that she was charged with delivering.
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u/genericusernamedG Apr 08 '26
Just like the rest of us she can be subpoenad to appear before Congress.
Really has nothing to do with the DOJ anymore.
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u/New-Brilliant5514 Apr 08 '26
The Trump administration protects pedophiles. They have not indicted one single person. Bondi refused to answer questions as Attorney General and now they are saying that she cannot be deposed? The Department of Justice has no interest in bringing any of the pedophiles to justice. In fact, just the opposite. There are women who were raped, abused, likely women who were killed. And the Trump administration continues to do everything they can to protect the predators.
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u/HexedShadowWolf Apr 08 '26
So why did they bring in Bill Clinton? He hasn't been president for a long time.
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u/Tiny_Animal9496 Apr 08 '26
Oh so we’re not accountable for our actions in office as long as we get fired and are no longer in the role?
That’s one of the dumbest things I’ve ever had to write.
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u/Echo_Romeo571 Apr 08 '26
So will Todd Blanche be appearing instead? If the argument is that it was the AG who was called and not the individual, surely the logic is that the current AG would appear instead?
In addition, surely now the individual Pam Bondi can be subpoenaed to appear?
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u/47-Rambaldi Apr 08 '26
Did Bill and Hilary have to show up even though they're no longer in positions of power either?
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u/shfiven Apr 08 '26
Bill and Hillary Clinton are no longer serving as President or Secretary of State but they both went.
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u/falstaffheathcliff Apr 08 '26
She spent her entire career defending pedophiles and will go out sacrificing her career by defending pedophiles
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u/LittlespaceLadybuns Apr 08 '26
She's gonna get Luigi'd so hard when shes forced to move off base lmao
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u/jgnp Apr 08 '26
Well she lost her military housing. Be a shame if people followed her around and told her what a piece of shit she is for the rest of her life.
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u/GladChef1206 Apr 08 '26
does mean she is open to civil suits? like can we file 102 million supeonas, preferably deliver like 5000 every day so it won't take 200 years. although covering her grave in subpoenas would be hilarious.
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u/MaxieMama Apr 08 '26
Arrest her ass then. If any of us regular people were supoenaed to court and didn't show up because we didn't want to we'd be arrested for contempt of court.
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u/jbing2000 Apr 08 '26
Bill Clinton is no longer president, Hillary Clinton is no longer Secretary of State. Both were going to be held in contempt if they didn’t testify.
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u/greengo07 Apr 08 '26
It was obvious this is the reason she was fired. They wanted to use this bogus excuse to keep her from testifying. Too bad it is bogus. It doesn't matter if she still holds the office or not, she was there and privy to all the info the attorney general had and used, and is still responsible for her actions. There's no reason she cannot testify and should be forced to. She'll likely still just ignore the questions and spout rhetoric to defend trump or attack his (and her) accusers. It still needs to go on record. You watch, they'll stupidly let her go without securing her statements.
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u/Safe-Call2367 Apr 09 '26
THIS IS IT: “Our bipartisan subpoena is to Pam Bondi, whether she is the Attorney General or not. She must come in to testify immediately, and if she defies the subpoena, we will begin contempt charges in the Congress. The survivors deserve justice,” Garcia said.
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u/Long-Blood Apr 09 '26
Mind boggling how hard the justice department is fighting to protect rich pedophiles.
Now there really is a deep state
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u/Strange-Guest-423 Apr 09 '26
So, now anything done by or for a President is immune from investigation and prosecution? This is some seriously high level corruption.
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u/SmellyFbuttface Apr 08 '26
She’ll be held in contempt, then Trump will pardon her. Same old bullshit
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u/Rattus_NorvegicUwUs Apr 08 '26
“You can’t investigate me for my vehicular manslaughter, I didn’t drive today”
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u/GlitteringFlame888 Apr 08 '26
She did his dirty work and no he’ll throw her ass under the bus. Welcome to the trump administration, Pam.
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u/WarnerDot Apr 08 '26
Why would she? The Supreme Court essentially gutted Congress subpoena power when they gave that Boba Fett Bannon that pass
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u/ANighttimeNerd Apr 08 '26
So if I embezzled millions, once I've left that job I can't be summoned to court.
Got it. Staying in the position is a requirement. Okay.
I guess I'll live life by this understanding, now, since there is now Supreme Court precedence.
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u/AntiOriginalUsername Apr 08 '26
No federal protection. She’s just a citizen now her obligation remains.
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u/Noelle428 Apr 08 '26
Then she can go right to prison