Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, demanded answers from Oversight Chairman James Comer regarding the scheduling of former Attorney General Pam Bondi’s deposition before the Oversight Committee after Bondi evaded a lawful, bipartisan subpoena and refused to appear for her scheduled deposition on April 14. Public reporting suggests that Oversight Republicans may have been working with the former Attorney General to avoid the deposition entirely.
“Pam Bondi skipped her deposition with our Committee. While Oversight Republicans claim they’re working on scheduling her appearance, there’s zero evidence that they’ve even spoken to her. Every day that goes by is one more day the former Attorney General is failing to fulfill the lawful, bipartisan subpoena from this committee. Oversight Democrats won’t let Bondi or Chairman Comer run out the clock on our investigation. If Bondi refuses to cooperate, she should be held in contempt,” said Ranking Member Robert Garcia.
In the letter to Chairman James Comer, Ranking Member Garcia wrote, “In the aftermath of this announcement, Committee Republicans have repeatedly described efforts to schedule a date for Ms. Bondi’s deposition, stating: ‘The Committee will contact Pam Bondi’s personal counsel to discuss next steps regarding scheduling her deposition;’‘We will work with her personal attorney to reschedule;’ and ‘we are following up with Pam Bondi’s personal attorney about scheduling her deposition.’ While you do not deny that the subpoena to Ms. Bondi remains in effect and legally binding, apart from these vague statements, there has been zero indication that there, in fact, has been any concrete progress toward a rescheduled date. Oversight Democrats are not aware of any communication with Ms. Bondi of any kind. Democratic Committee staff have repeatedly sought the identity and contact information for Ms. Bondi’s personal attorney from both your staff and the Department of Justice to ensure that we are apprised of and can participate in any such communications.To date, however, we have received no responsive information to our inquiries.”
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