New Delhi, March 5 -- The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi for a deposition on the US Department of Justice (DOJ)'s handling of the probe into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and its compliance with a law requiring all documents related to the disgraced financier to be made public.

The 24-19 bipartisan vote took place amid growing criticism of the DOJ's handling of the case and its failure to release all the Epstein files, with voting taking place on a motion introduced by South Carolina Republican Representative Nancy Mace.

While Mace introduced the motion, every Democrat voted for it, as did GOP Reps Tim Burchett (Tennessee), Michael Cloud (Texas), Lauren Boebert (Colorado), an...