India, May 30 -- On Friday, during a high-stakes congressional hearing, former US Attorney General Pam Bondi deflected scrutiny over the mishandling of Jeffrey Epstein's records by pointing directly to the oversight of her former deputy, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. As the House Oversight Committee conducted a closed-door interview on May 30 regarding the US Department of Justice's (DOJ) compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, tensions reached a breaking point.

While Bondi defended the DOJ's broader efforts, she explicitly stated that she "did not lead every aspect" of the Epstein document review process. Instead, she testified that she had delegated the oversight of the redaction of the Epstein files to then-Deputy ...