Rep. Summer Lee’s Statement on Pam Bondi’s Refusal to Attend Oversight Deposition

WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 14, 2026 — Today, Congresswoman Summer L. Lee (PA-12) issued the following statement after former Attorney General Pam Bondi refused to attend today’s deposition in the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. This is the second subpoena Pam Bondi is in noncompliance of.

“Pam Bondi is once again defying a legally binding subpoena. Regardless of her title, she is required to follow the law, just like any other person in this country. I previously moved to hold her in contempt; there’s no reason we cannot try again. Bondi must be held accountable for her handling of the Epstein files, for weaponizing the Department of Justice, and for evading the law.”

In March, Rep. Lee introduced articles of impeachment against Pam Bondi. Rep. Lee’s articles of impeachment outline several alleged offenses, including defiance of the Oversight’s Committee’s subpoena to release the full, unredacted Epstein files, defiance of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, abuse of investigatory and prosecutorial authority, defiance of federal court orders, and perjury in congressional testimony. Rep Lee also issued a statement after Bondi was fired.

Previously, in January, Rep. Lee introduced an amendment to hold Attorney General Bondi in civil contempt for noncompliance with the Oversight Committee’s subpoena to release the Jeffery Epstein files. In accordance with the subpoena—which Rep. Lee forced with a motion in July 2025—the Department of Justice has been legally compelled to release the full, unredacted Epstein files since August 19, 2025. 

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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 $2.7 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 4,000 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.