House Oversight Committee demands depositions from Bondi and Lutnick in Epstein probe

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House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer spoke with reporters about Richard Kahn, longtime accountant for Jeffrey Epstein, and his deposition in his panel's probe.

The House Oversight Committee’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein wants U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to appear in 30 days for a deposition in a bipartisan push to uncover the extent of the disgraced financier's network and the Trump administration's handling of the case, Fox News has learned. 

The committee also wants Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to appear for a deposition "within the next ten days," a source close to the committee said. 

Fox News was told last week that Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., wanted Lutnick to appear within 10 days, then, potentially this week.

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The House Oversight Committee wants Bondi to appear in 30 days for a deposition. (Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis;Getty Images)

The committee voted to subpoena Bondi last week, but Comer has not issued that subpoena.

Multiple sources with the Republican Party told Fox News there was some disappointment with Bondi. One Republican lawmaker said "the Senate" may begin to dig deeper into Epstein if it doesn't receive more information from Lutnick and Bondi soon.

The Justice Department referred Fox News Digital to a March 5 post on X in response to a post by Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., referencing a motion to subpoena Bondi to testify about "missing Epstein evidence."

The DOJ said it was not "hiding" anything, citing its release of more than 3 million documents related to the case. 

"Any time a redaction error is flagged, we review and RE-PUBLISH that document," the agency said. "This is untruthful and lazy, and this as the basis for a subpoena, is laughable. "Images from a batch in data set 9 were temporarily pulled down for review due to some flagged for nudity and republished on a rolling basis, including 25,000 yesterday. All will be back in the library by end of day."

Fox News Digital has reached out to the Commerce department. 

Lawmakers have pressed for greater transparency into the department’s handling of the investigation into Epstein and his associates and the Trump administration's compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick speaks during an event with President Donald Trump in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Some have questioned whether Bondi is doing all she can to release documentation on Epstein in accordance with the 2025 law. 

It requires the Justice Department to release any documents and files related to its investigation into the disgraced financier without revealing the identities of any of his victims. The Trump administration has so far released thousands of documents related to Epstein. 

Lutnick is one of several high-profile people in business, entertainment and politics whose name has come up in the trove of Epstein files being released by the federal government.

He appeared in photos with Epstein, prompting scrutiny on the businessman-turned-Trump administration official.

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were both indicted on federal sex trafficking charges stemming from Epstein's years of abuse of underage girls.  (Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

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Lutnick has denied having had any improper ties related to Epstein.

Fox News Digital's Elizabeth Elkind and Leo Briceno contributed to this report.