WASHINGTON — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was adamant Tuesday that the Justice Department has “released everything” it has on late sex predator Jeffrey Epstein, as the top House Oversight Committee Democrat threatened to hold former AG Pam Bondi in contempt for declining to testify about the files.
“We have released everything. We are not sitting on a single piece of paper. If we didn’t release it, it’s because it was not responsive to the law,” Blanche, 51, told Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom” of the DOJ’s obligation under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
“So the misguided assumption that there is more to be released is because we reviewed millions and millions of pages within the department, millions of which had nothing to do with Epstein.”
The DOJ claims to have combed through more than 6 million pages of material while scrambling to comply with the law enacted by President Trump in November.
Since then, close to 3.5 million materials, including thousands of videos and tens of thousands of images, have been released.
“By law, we had to make certain redactions … including of victims and of P.I. information,” Blanche said. “But we said to Congress, any congressman can come in and spend as much time as they want looking at everything unredacted.”
Due to the redactions and concerns about delayed compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the House Oversight Committee subpoenaed Bondi to testify about the matter last month.
Bondi, who was fired by Trump April 2, declined to show for her scheduled deposition six days later, prompting ranking member Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) to threaten contempt proceedings.
“Pam Bondi is evading a lawful congressional subpoena by failing to appear before the Oversight Committee for a deposition about the Epstein files and the White House cover-up,” Garcia said in a statement.
“This subpoena applies to her regardless of her title. She must appear before the Committee, and if she continues to ignore the law, Oversight Democrats will move forward with contempt proceedings immediately,” he added. “We will fight until there is true accountability and justice.”
Contempt of Congress for failure to comply with a subpoena can lead to up to one year of jail time and fines of up to $100,000. Both the committee and the full House must vote to hold Bondi in contempt and refer her for potential prosecution.
Last week, Committee Chairman James Comer’s (R-Ky.) spokesperson said his team was reaching out to Bondi’s “personal counsel to discuss next steps regarding scheduling her deposition.”
Bondi had been heavily criticized — including by White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles — over her handling of the Epstein case.
She told Fox News in February 2025 that a list of Epstein’s “clients” was “sitting on my desk right now to review.” Days later, she welcomed influencers to the White House and presented them with binders titled “The Epstein Files: Phase 1,” which backfired when guests realized the information was already public.
That July, the DOJ and FBI issued a joint memo claiming “no further disclosure would be appropriate or warranted” — drawing sustained bipartisan pushback that led to the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Wiles told Vanity Fair in an interview published in December that Bondi “completely whiffed” the DOJ’s release of investigative materials on Epstein.
“First she gave them binders full of nothingness,” Wiles told author Chris Whipple. “And then she said that the witness list, or the client list, was on her desk. There is no client list, and it sure as hell wasn’t on her desk.”
