WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The Jeffrey Epstein files pulled Washington back into their orbit on Friday, as Pam Bondi, the former attorney general fired by President Trump in April, sat for closed-door questioning by the House Oversight Committee about the Justice Department's troubled handling of the case records she once oversaw.

Bondi's appearance was set to be a transcribed interview rather than a sworn deposition, which meant she did not have to be placed under oath before the Republican-led panel, according to CNN. The session was held behind closed doors, the same format the committee used for earlier witnesses including Bill and Hillary Clinton, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and Epstein's convicted accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. Th...