{"id":2581531,"date":"2026-03-18T21:16:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T01:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-slams-dems-for-blowing-off-bondi-interview\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T21:18:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T01:18:24","slug":"house-gop-slams-dems-for-blowing-off-bondi-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-slams-dems-for-blowing-off-bondi-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"House GOP slams Dems for blowing off Bondi interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-gop-slams-dems-for-blowing-off-bondi-interview%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2581531&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that House Republicans criticized Democrats for storming out of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/capitol-police-officers-issue-vote-of-no-confidence-for-top-leadership\/\" title=\"Capitol Police Officers Issue Vote Of No Confidence For Top Leadership\">closed-door briefing<\/a> with Attorney General pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche about the Epstein files, suggesting Democrats sabotaged the possibility to press Bondi on the matter. Bondi said she would follow the law and did not commit to appearing under oath, while Democrats argued the session was not under oath or transcribed and pressed for an explicit commitment to an April 14 deposition.<\/p>\n<p>Key points:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Republicans argued Democrats walked out and did not ask substantive questions, while Democrats said they would not accept an informal briefing and demanded sworn testimony.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Bondi has been subpoenaed to testify at an April 14 deposition related to the Epstein files; the commitee may consider consequences if she does not appear.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >dispute highlights partisan tensions<\/a> over the Department of Justice\u2019s handling of Epstein-related records, with additional interviews planned, including that of darren Indyke, Epstein\u2019s former attorney.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">&lsquo;Theatrical fools&rsquo;: House GOP slams Democrats for blowing off Bondi interview<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2535300\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-republicans\/\">House Republicans<\/a> tore into <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a> on Wednesday evening over what several GOP members described as squandering an opportunity to question Attorney General <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pam-bondi\/\">Pam Bondi<\/a> about her handling of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jeffrey-epstein\/\">Epstein files<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What was intended to be a productive closed-door meeting with top <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\">Department of Justice<\/a> leaders Bondi and Deputy Attorney General <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4494538\/pam-bondi-subpoenaed-house-deposition-epstein-files\/\">Todd Blanche<\/a> turned into a standoff over whether Bondi would commit to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4494538\/pam-bondi-subpoenaed-house-deposition-epstein-files\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4494538\">appearing for an April 14 deposition<\/a> subpoenaed by the House oversight committee.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/national-security\/4495955\/gabbard-patel-deny-knowledge-trump-emergency-election-order-plans\/\">Gabbard and Patel deny knowledge of Trump emergency election order plans<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4495035\/ruling-women-spa-transgender-lawfare\/\">Why the ruling in a women&rsquo;s spa case marks a turning point in transgender lawfare<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a 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Democrats don&#8217;t actually care!<\/p>\n<p>REP. LAUREN BOEBERT: &#8220;Democrats all&hellip; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j5d106F6qI\">pic.twitter.com\/j5d106F6qI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricLDaugh\/status\/2034412342277259304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Instead of pressing DOJ leaders on the substance of the Jeffrey Epstein-related records controversy, Republicans accused Democrats of being fixated on getting Bondi to promise she would return under oath.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I made it crystal clear: I will follow the law,&rdquo; Bondi told reporters afterward when asked whether she would comply with the subpoena.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats said that the answer was not enough and emphasized that they did not want to speak to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-ag-barr-authorizes-federal-prosecutors-to-pursue-substantial-allegations-of-voting-irregularities-before-2020-election-is-certified\/\" title=\"BREAKING: AG Barr Authorizes Federal Prosecutors to Pursue &quot;Substantial Allegations&quot; of Voting Irregularities Before 2020 Election is Certified\">attorney general<\/a> until she is under oath.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4483353\/doj-publishes-epstein-documents-mentioning-trump-initial-omission\/\">Robert Garcia<\/a> (D-CA) wrote on X that &ldquo;Pam Bondi refused to say she would show up for her under oath deposition,&rdquo; calling the session a &ldquo;fake hearing&rdquo; because it was not under oath and not transcribed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This has been completely set up in a way that&rsquo;s been irresponsible, and quite frankly, we believe a way from the Attorney General to get out of her answering questions under oath to the public, which we will not accept,&rdquo; Garcia added in a statement to the press.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans countered that Democrats had just walked away from the very access they had demanded.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This was clearly the Democrats&rsquo; plan all along: to walk out of the briefing the DOJ offered to provide,&rdquo; the Oversight GOP account posted on X. &ldquo;Both Attorney General Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Blanche were answering substantive questions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This was clearly the Democrats&rsquo; plan all along: to walk out of the briefing the DOJ offered to provide.<\/p>\n<p>Both Attorney General Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Blanche were answering substantive questions, and Attorney General Bondi stated she would follow the law regarding her&hellip; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gfCQTJrYAP\">https:\/\/t.co\/gfCQTJrYAP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPoversight\/status\/2034405544337744201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>A source familiar with the committee meeting said the attorney general is an &ldquo;open book,&rdquo; adding Democrats &ldquo;talked all day on social media about what they were going to ask her, but decided not to ask anything.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lauren-boebert\/\">Lauren Boebert<\/a> (R-CO), who was one of the Republican members who voted to subpoena Bondi last week, also torched her Democratic colleagues for their handling of the closed-door meeting.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Democrats all just stormed out after refusing to ask questions because the cameras are off. Nothing is ever good enough for these theatrical fools,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Oversight Chairman <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-comey\/\">James Comer<\/a> (R-KY) said Democrats wasted a chance to press Bondi and Blanche directly.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This was a voluntary briefing, and at least the majority got to ask a lot of substantive questions,&rdquo; Comer told reporters. &ldquo;The first three people to ask questions, all they did was complain. They didn&rsquo;t ask any questions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The only questions they asked were, &lsquo;Will you commit to coming in for a deposition?&rsquo;&rdquo; Comer said. &ldquo;They didn&rsquo;t ask a single pertinent question.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He said Democrats seemed more interested in creating a public spectacle than getting answers. When asked if the committee would hold Bondi in contempt if she did not show up for the deposition, Comer said, &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll have to talk about it&rdquo; as a committee if that happened.<\/p>\n<p>The standoff carries extra political weight because Bondi is the nation&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-whitmer-ally-rejects-call-for-investigation-gop-hints-at-funding-special-prosecutor\/\" title=\"After Whitmer Ally Rejects Call For Investigation, GOP Hints At Funding Special Prosecutor\">top law enforcement official<\/a> and the person ultimately responsible for enforcing congressional subpoenas, even as she remains publicly noncommittal about complying with one herself.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats saw the meeting as an opportunity to call attention to the fact that Bondi has yet to explicitly commit to showing up on April 14.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4494538\/pam-bondi-subpoenaed-house-deposition-epstein-files\/\">BONDI SUBPOENAED FOR APRIL 14 HOUSE DEPOSITION ON EPSTEIN FILES HANDLING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Republicans, meanwhile, saw the walkout as a massive undercutting of Democrats&rsquo; claims that they are sincerely concerned about Epstein and his victims and understanding the internal process of how the DOJ handled the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-maricopa-county-delete-all-of-its-2020-election-results\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did Maricopa County Delete All Of Its 2020 Election Results?\">files related<\/a> to the disgraced financier.<\/p>\n<p>The committee is scheduled to hold additional interviews in its sprawling Epstein investigation on Thursday<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">, including the deposition of his former attorney,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4471621\/house-oversight-delays-depositions-epstein-associates-march\/\">Darren Indyke<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOP accuses Dems of skipping Bondi interview<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2581532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26071729843336.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[45543,3933,70940,6234,5894],"class_list":["post-2581531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-bondi","tag-dems","tag-housegop","tag-interview","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26071729843336.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2581531"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2581535,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581531\/revisions\/2581535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2581532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2581531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2581531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2581531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}