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

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.

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

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. 

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. 

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

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

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