Several members of the committee rejected the Justice Department’s claim that the subpoena previously issued to Bondi no longer applies. A person familiar with the matter told TIME that a new subpoena does not need to be issued to Bondi.
“Now that Pam Bondi has been fired, she’s trying to get out of her legal obligation to testify before the Oversight Committee about the Epstein files and the White House cover-up,” California Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the committee, said in a statement on Wednesday.
“Our bipartisan subpoena is to Pam Bondi, whether she is the Attorney General or not,” he continued. “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.”
Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina, also a member of the committee, said in a social media post on Wednesday that she and Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California are urging Comer “to publicly reaffirm former Attorney General Pam Bondi’s legal obligation to appear for her deposition.”
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