Former Attorney General Pam Bondi is set to a give closed-door testimony later today over her handling of the Federal government’s investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his former girlfriend and co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell. Democratic Congressman James Walkinshaw of Virginia, a member of the House Oversight Committee, joins Way Too early to discuss what he plans on asking Bondi and more.
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Bondi set for Jeffrey Epstein questioning from House Oversight lawmakers
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi will appear before House Oversight and Government Reform Committee investigators Friday, a victory for the panel after the Department of Justice (DOJ) argued she should not have to answer questions about the Epstein files.
It’s an unusual appearance in several respects.
Rubio to face Congress as lawmakers scrutinise Iran war
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to testify before Senate and House committees on 2 June as the conflict with Iran remains a major concern for lawmakers.
Although the hearings are officially focused on the State Department budget, members of Congress are expected to question Rubio on a range of issues connected to the war.
No 10 bid for SECOND paedo-linked Labour ally to get ambassador role
He was later pushed on who had ordered him to look into getting Doyle a position, and who had ordered him not to tell the foreign secretary (which at the time was David Lammy).
Robbins said: “I don‘t know what the origin of the suggestion was, and I don‘t know who exactly was behind it or how serious it was.
“It was serious enough for the No 10 private office to ring up the head of the diplomatic service and ask for a forward look of available head of mission jobs, and that‘s the point at which I thought that I needed to lay down some markers.”
Olly Robbins: I was asked to find job for Starmer aide and not tell David Lammy
Testifying to MPs at parliament’s foreign affairs select committee on Tuesday, Olly Robbins said he had several conversations with No 10 about finding a role for Matthew Doyle, who was later suspended as a Labour peer after it emerged he had campaigned for a friend charged with possessing indecent images of children.
Robbins said he had been asked not to mention the idea to David Lammy, who was foreign secretary at the time.
Robbins described the conversations as part of more general pressure from people at the top of the government to place senior political figures in senior diplomatic posts.
Olly Robbins says he faced ‘constant pressure’ to get Mandelson in post
Asked who in No 10 had applied pressure, he said it was mainly the prime minister’s private office, which is staffed by civil servants. But he added: “I think that the private office would only have been [putting on] this pressure themselves if they were under pressure.”
Fired U.K. Official Describes ‘Pressure’ From Starmer’s Office for Envoy’s Appointment
The former top civil servant in Britain’s foreign office, who was fired by Prime Minister Keir Starmer last week, said on Tuesday that Mr. Starmer’s office had a “dismissive attitude” about the security vetting of Peter Mandelson, an associate of Jeffrey Epstein who became ambassador to the United States despite concerns raised during the vetting process.
The former civil servant, Olly Robbins, testified in Parliament that he and other officials in charge of deciding whether to grant Mr. Mandelson a high-level security clearance were working in “an atmosphere of pressure” to ensure that nothing got in the way of Mr. Mandelson’s appointment.
Panicked Trump, 79, Rages at Supreme Court in 1AM Meltdown
Trump took the unusual step of sitting in on the April 1 hearing to watch the justices debate his push to end automatic birthright citizenship. The president stormed out of the hearing after the SCOTUS justices shot down several arguments from the administration’s attorney, Solicitor General D. John Sauer.
On Iran, Gabbard Turned Intelligence Duties Over to Trump
Ms. Gabbard does not quickly turn on her allies, and she showed little desire to throw Mr. Kent under the bus or attack him. But she has remained in her position by being a careful student of Mr. Trump, and knows how to stay on his good side. And critiquing the president’s view of the threat from Iran was clearly not the way to keep your job.
So she came up with her line that it is Mr. Trump, not the intelligence community, that determines what constitutes a threat.
‚A Lot Of Inability To Recall‘: Dem Lawmakers Discuss Richard Kahn‘s Testimony To Epstein Probe
Democratic lawmakers speak to reporters as Richard Kahn testifies before the House Oversight Committee‘s Epstein probe.
‚Hard to believe‘ Epstein accountant didn‘t know anything wrong was going on: Oversight Dem
Richard Kahn, Jeffrey Epstein‘s accountant and a co-executor of his estate, is testifying before the House Oversight Committee today. Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA), a member of the committee, joins Chris Jansing to share more on the deposition.
Richard Kahn‘s opening statements for Epstein files deposition
Mar 11, 2026
Richard Kahn, who was Jeffrey Epstein‘s accountant, testified Wednesday before the House Oversight Committee over his relationship to the convicted sex offender. CBS News‘ Elaine Quijano has more on his opening statement.
Longtime Epstein accountant testifies behind closed doors for roughly 7 hours in House Oversight probe
Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime accountant testified his relationship with the late convicted sex offender “was strictly on a professional level,” as he faced investigators on Capitol Hill for roughly seven hours as part of the House Oversight Committee’s probe.
Richard Kahn, Epstein‘s accountant and confidant, to testify to House committee today
Documents released in lawsuits and among the Epstein files — millions of documents the Department of Justice released after Congress passed an act mandating it to do so — show a sophisticated and tangled web of businesses operated by the trio.
After Kahn and Indyke were subpoenaed in January, an attorney for the men, Daniel H. Weiner, said in a statement to CBS News that allegations against them are „false.“
Oversight Democrats’ Statement After DOJ Released Previously Withheld Epstein Files Accusing President Trump of Sexual Abuse, Continues White House Cover-Up
(March 6, 2026)
“After Oversight Democrats voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ released a portion of previously-withheld documents with serious allegations against President Trump and an underage victim. The FBI interviewed the witness four times, and the American people can now see some of those documents for themselves.
But let’s be clear: this White House cover-up is ongoing. Millions of pages still remain concealed from the public and our committee. We will get answers when Pam Bondi appears before our committee under oath,” said Sara Guerrero, spokesperson for Oversight Democrats.
This week, Ranking Member Garcia helped secure a subpoena for Attorney General Bondi to testify before the Committee following a motion by Congresswoman Nancy Mace supported by all Committee Democrats.
It‘s up to Congress to disrupt Pam Bondi‘s Epstein cover-up | Opinion
Republicans largely backed Bondi after her last hearing, even after the attorney general inadvertently revealed that her department was secretly tracking what members of Congress searched for when given private access to unredacted Epstein files.
Now, five Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee joined all of the Democrats on March 4 to vote 24-19 to subpoena Bondi to explain why she has been „instrumental in orchestrating the White House‘s cover-up of the Epstein files.“
DHS Insiders Spill What Really Got ICE Barbie Fired
The axe fell on the 54-year-old Homeland Security secretary almost immediately after her humiliating performance on Capitol Hill. Noem testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday and the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. They were her first congressional appearances since federal agents under her command killed two U.S. citizens, Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, both 37, during Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis in January.
Already facing backlash for Good’s killing when Pretti was shot dead just a few days later, Noem sparked outrage by falsely describing Pretti as a domestic terrorist—and then privately trying to pin the blame for the fiasco on White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.
“She was blaming Miller for a lot. No way Trump lets her stay after that,” the DHS insider said.
Oversight Committee Releases Bill and Hillary Clinton Deposition Videos
WASHINGTON—Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released videos of the depositions of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton. The depositions took place on February 26 and February 27, 2026, respectively.
Emergence of Epstein island photo leads to new calls for Lutnick to testify
At one point, the original page containing the photograph on Justice.gov returned an error message, though a version captured by the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine on January 31, 2026, remained accessible online and included the photograph.
The page has since been restored and a Justice Department spokesperson told CNN, “This image was part of a batch of files that were flagged for nudity. The batch of thousands of images was pulled for review and is being uploaded with necessary redactions on a rolling basis. No files are being deleted.”
Read Bill Clinton’s Opening Statement on Epstein Ahead of Deposition
Former President Bill Clinton has released his opening statement ahead of his closed-door testimony Friday before members of Congress investigating convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, answering for his connections to the disgraced financier from more than two decades ago.
Clinton posted on X, along with his statement, „As someone who grew up in a home with domestic abuse, not only would I not have flown on his plane if I had any inkling of what he was doing — I would have turned him in myself and led the call for justice for his crimes, not sweetheart deals.“
WATCH: Hillary Clinton speaks to reporters after closed-door House deposition on Epstein
(February 26, 2026)
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told members of Congress on Thursday that she had no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein‘s or Ghislaine Maxwell‘s crimes, starting off two days of depositions that will also include former President Bill Clinton.
What did Les Wexner say in his Epstein deposition? Key takeaways
(February 19, 2026)
Four days before he pleaded guilty in Florida in 2008 to soliciting sex with someone younger than 18, Epstein received an email from Wexner.
„Abigail told me the response,“ Wexner wrote, referring to his wife. „All I can say is I feel sorry. You violated your own number 1 rule … Always be careful.“
Epstein’s reply: „no excuse.“
When asked in the deposition about the email, Wexner said he didn‘t know what prompted him to write, except that he was angry with Epstein over the financier‘s actions.
Les Wexner CAUGHT Lying In Epstein Testimony
Feb 20, 2026 The Young Turks
Billionaire Les Wexner didn‘t seem to remember much about his ties with Jeffrey Epstein during a hearing. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss on The Young Turks.
Oversight Committee Releases Les Wexner Deposition Video
WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today released the video of Les Wexner’s deposition, which occurred on February 18, 2026 in Ohio:
‚So shameful‘: Rep. Khanna slams FBI, DOJ for not interviewing Les Wexner
Feb 20, 2026 #LesWexner #PrinceAndrew #EpsteinFiles
Lawmakers are calling for justice against alleged associates of Jeffrey Epstein in the U.S. after the arrest of former Prince Andrew in Britain. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., discusses.
„Outrageous“: Les Wexner claims he was not contacted by DOJ, FBI about Epstein ties, Garcia says
(February 18, 2026)
Following a deposition of billionaire Les Wexner on Wednesday, Democratic lawmaker Rep. Robert Garcia said the former CEO of Victoria’s Secret lingerie brand claimed he was never contacted by the U.S. Department of Justice or the FBI about his ties to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. „How outrageous is that?“ Garcia said.
Republicans Skip Les Wexner Deposition in Epstein Probe, Democrats Raise Alarms
(February 18, 2026)
Former retail magnate Les Wexner was deposed Wednesday by the House Oversight Committee in Ohio, and no Republican members were present for the session, multiple news outlets reported — adding a new flashpoint in the congressional probe into Jeffrey Epstein’s network.
The questioning took place at Wexner’s home in New Albany, Ohio, where Democratic lawmakers led the deposition into the billionaire’s decades-long ties with Epstein following the release of justice department files under the Epstein Files Transparency Act