Former U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi (C) arrives to testify at a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill on May 29, 2026 in Washington, DC.

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Former Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday defended the Department of Justice 's handling of the release of files about notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in her opening statement to a House panel.

Bondi said that "to the best of my knowledge," the DOJ publicly released all documents and other evidence as required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act , according to a transcript of her statement obtained by MS NOW.

Her statement on the Epstein files came as Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee criticized the Republican majority for not videotaping Bondi's interview with the panel.

"Pam Bondi was at the heart of a White House cover-up and Oversight Chairman James Comer is working to hide her testimony from the American people," sa i d Sara Guerrero, spokesperson for…