Tomorrow, Trump’s former Attorney General Pam Bondi will come before the House Oversight Committee for a closed-door interview.
Initially promising transparency, Bondi spent her time at the helm of the DOJ blocking the full release of the files, despite the legal obligation to comply. Following her intense appearance back in February at the House Judiciary Committee hearing (filled with personal attacks and screaming), Bondi became a poster child for the Trump administration’s Epstein cover-up — possibly factoring into her firing back in April.
As American Freakshow’s Nina Burleigh and Katie Chenoweth covered in their piece yesterday, Bondi’s ties to Trump date back to 2013, when she solicited a political donation for her Florida Attorney General re-election PAC. Bondi served in this capacity in Florida from 2011-2019, and while she wasn’t the state Attorney General when Epstein’s sweetheart deal was executed, she was certainly swimming in the same political waters as those involved.
Although it will probably take a week or so for the full transcript of it to be released, tomorrow’s interview and Bondi’s answers will be important to getting at the inner workings of the Trump administration’s cover-up.
At The Cover-Up, we have been following the Epstein case, breaking stories, connecting missing links and calling out the lies from this administration. Going into the hearing, here are some questions that have emerged from our coverage of the Epstein files that we would like to see Bondi answer.
Did Donald Trump or anyone in his administration instruct you to withhold or destroy any materials related to him from the Epstein Files? Specifically, did Trump discuss the three FBI interviews naming him that were initially withheld by the DOJ?
Did you ever interview anyone connected with Les Wexner about the source of the money that enabled Epstein?
In January 2025 the DOJ ordered all Epstein files at SDNY to be sent to Washington, effectively closing the SDNY investigation that was still following leads from at least 20 survivors. What was the rationale for shutting it down at that point?
Did you ever interview Richard Kahn about the contents of the safe in Epstein’s mansion, which he removed after the FBI searched the house? Have you ever asked FBI agents why they allowed that evidence to be removed? If not, why not?
French and Norwegian authorities have opened investigations based on the files you have already released. Have you ever communicated with them specifically about the International Peace Institute or the movement of young foreign women through the modeling agencies in New York?
Why did Todd Blanche interview Ghislaine Maxwell in July 2025 after the DOJ announced that it had concluded its review? Was the decision tied to the Wall Street Journal’s publication of the birthday letter addressed to Epstein by Trump?
Was the DOJ’s decision not to investigate or prosecute any potential clients or co-conspirators based solely on photo and video evidence, as is stated in this internal communication to FBI Director Kash Patel? Did this decision really not include evidence found in financial records or text-based documents?
Did you ever talk to anyone at the CIA or the State Department about Epstein’s interactions with them?
Did you speak to anyone about Epstein’s travel to the Middle East or contacts with government officials like Mohammed Bin Salman, Ehud Barak, and Mahmoud Abbas?
Did you ever speak to Secretary Hegeseth’s top aide, Tim Parlatore, about hiring Epstein’s personal lawyer, Darren Indyke — the same Indyke who failed to disclose a $3 million mansion Epstein purchased for him — a month after taking the case to defend Trump against federal charges tied to the theft of classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago?
I’d like to have the answers to those questions too!