Former Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared before House lawmakers on Friday for a closed-door transcribed interview on Capitol Hill, in which she declined to address questions about President Donald Trump's involvement in the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case files. When directly asked whether Trump had prior knowledge of Epstein's crimes, Bondi gave an answer that stopped short of a denial — one that Democratic members said left key questions unanswered.
Democratic Rep James Walkinshaw of Virginia said he asked Bondi whether Trump had any knowledge of Epstein's crimes before they became public. Reading from his notes of the exchange, Walkinshaw told reporters that Bondi's response was, 'I'm not certain of the extent of his knowledge.' It was among the few direct responses Bondi gave on the subject of the president at all.
