Rep. Summer Lee & Ranking Member Robert Garcia Demand AG Pam Bondi Comply with Oversight Subpoena and Release All Epstein Documents Immediately 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – FEBRUARY 10, 2026 — Today, Congresswoman Summer L. Lee (PA-12), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement, alongside Congressman. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, demanded Attorney General Pam Bondi comply with the bipartisan House Oversight Committee subpoena, as the Department of Justice continues to illegally withhold Epstein files materials from Congress. The subpoena, issued in August, requires the release of the complete, unredacted files to the Committee, including material relevant to ongoing investigations. 

"Trump’s DOJ — with Pam Bondi at the helm — has broken the law and obstructed justice for months. If the DOJ continues to be unresponsive to our lawful subpoena, Bondi must be held in civil contempt of Congress. Survivors of Epstein and his co-conspirators deserve better, and we will pursue accountability on their behalf," said Congresswoman Summer Lee. 

"Attorney General Pam Bondi is continuing to support the White House’s cover-up of the Epstein files, defying a lawful Oversight Committee subpoena that makes it clear they must release all documents about Jeffrey Epstein to us immediately. Their refusal raises serious questions about the powerful men they’re protecting. We will not stop until there is full transparency and justice for the survivors," said Ranking Member Robert Garcia. 

The Department of Justice continues to violate the Oversight Committee subpoena and the Epstein Files Transparency Act (EFTA). The Epstein Files Transparency Act is an Act of Congress that mandates the release of the Epstein files to the public but prevents the release of files pertaining to an “active investigation.” The Department of Justice has only released 3 million documents out of the total 6 million documents collected by the Department pertaining to Jeffrey Epstein. The Oversight Committee subpoena mandates the release of the Epstein files and does not prevent the release of “active investigation” files. In January, Oversight Democrats forced a vote on holding Attorney General Bondi in contempt for her refusal to comply with the Oversight Committee’s bipartisan subpoena, which was blocked by Oversight Republicans.  

In the letter, Congresswoman Lee and Ranking Member Garcia wrote, “DOJ’s justifications for its withholdings and redactions are based largely on a provision in the EFTA that permits DOJ to withhold information relevant to ongoing investigations, as well as the Department’s withholdings outside of those allowed in the law for “deliberative process” privilege. However, neither is a valid basis for refusing to release documents or information pursuant to the Committee’s subpoena. Further, politically motivated investigations designed to target political opponents—including the Epstein-related investigations of prominent Democrats initiated at President Trump’s instruction—are not a legitimate basis for withholding or redacting records under the EFTA or the Committee’s subpoena.”  

Congresswoman Lee has led multiple oversight actions to force transparency around the Epstein files. Her motion to subpoena the full Epstein files advanced through the House Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement with bipartisan support, marking a significant escalation in Congress’s investigative efforts. She subsequently moved to hold Attorney General Pam Bondi in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a lawful subpoena to release the documents. Congresswoman Lee has also criticized the Department of Justice’s release of recycled Epstein materials, arguing the disclosure failed to meet transparency requirements and withheld substantive new information from the public and Congress. She also joined the House Oversight Committee in convening a closed-door roundtable with survivors of Epstein’s abuse to hear directly from those impacted and inform the Committee’s ongoing investigative work. 

Congresswoman Summer Lee serves on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Committee on Education and Workforce. Since taking office in January 2023, she has delivered historic levels of federal investment totaling over $2.4 Billion brought back to Western PA, including over $580 million for infrastructure, over $110 million for affordable transit, over $500 million to keep clean energy manufacturing at home in Pennsylvania, and over $55 million on clean energy efforts in and around schools to help keep our kids and communities safe. These investments will help improve Western Pennsylvania’s infrastructure and transit, ensure cleaner air and drinking water, lower housing costs, fund research institutions, fuel clean manufacturing, fund STEM innovation and entrepreneurship, boost workforce development, and create thousands of good paying union jobs.  Lee and her team have also delivered casework and constituent services to over 3,000 constituents with issues ranging from helping our seniors and disabled community access Medicare and social security to helping folks secure housing and helping families with immigration support and passports.