
House Democrats moved to hold former Attorney General Pam Bondi in civil contempt of Congress on 29 April 2026, minutes before Republicans announced a new testimony date in a sequence that exposed the political fault lines surrounding the alleged Trump administration cover-up of the Epstein files.
The contempt resolution, led by Ranking Member Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) and every Democratic member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, followed Bondi's refusal to appear for a legally binding deposition on 14 April 2026.