House Oversight Committee demands depositions from Bondi and Lutnick in Epstein probe

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The House Oversight Committee’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein wants U.S.Attorney GeneralPam Bondito appear in 30 days for a deposition in a bipartisan push to uncover the extent of the disgraced financier’s network and the Trump administration� 

The committee also wants Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to appear for a deposition “within the next ten days,” a source close to the committee said. 

, wanted Lutnick to appear within 10 days, then, potentially this week.

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Jeffrey Epstein sits on purple couch (left) and AG Pam Bondi speaks from a podium (right)

The House Oversight Committee wants Bondi to appear in 30 days for a deposition.(Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis;Getty Images)

The committee voted to subpoena Bondi last week, but Comer has not issued that subpoena.

OneRepublican lawmakersaid “the Senate” may begin to dig deeper into Epstein if it doesn’t receive more information from Lutnick and Bondi soon.

 

Lawmakers have pressed for greater transparency into the department’s handling of the investigation intoEpsteinand his associates and the Trump administration’s compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

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Howard Lutnik speaks at the White House

U.S.Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick speaks during an event with President Donald Trump in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.(Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Some have questioned whether Bondi is doing all she can to release documentation on Epstein in accordance with the 2025 law. 

It requires the Justice Department to release any documents and files related to its investigation into the disgraced financier without revealing the identities of any of his victims.The Trump administration has so far released thousands of documents related to Epstein. 

Lutnick is one of several high-profile people in business, entertainment and politics whose name has come up in the trove ofEpstein filesbeing released by the federal government.

He appeared in photos with Epstein, prompting scrutiny on the businessman-turned-Trump administration official.

Jeffrey Epstein embracing a smiling Ghislaine Maxwell

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were both indicted on federal sex trafficking charges stemming from Epstein’s years of abuse of underage girls. (Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

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Lutnick has denied having had any improper ties related to Epstein.

�s Elizabeth Elkind and Leo Briceno contributed to this report. 

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