WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday in a hearing that quickly turned combative, with lawmakers from both parties pressing her over the Justice Department's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, the DOJ's use of federal prosecutorial power against the president's political opponents, and the redaction of a 2009 email whose subject line simply reads: "Trump."

The rare Capitol Hill appearance came as congressional scrutiny of the Epstein investigation reached a new pitch. On the same day Bondi testified before the Judiciary Committee, a former senior aide to former President Bill Clinton, Doug Band, sat for a separate interview with the House Oversight Committee, widen...