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The MeidasTouch Podcast

Bondi Cancels Deposition and Violates Subpoena

14 Apr 2026

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Chapter 1: Why did Pam Bondi refuse to show up for her deposition?

0.031 - 24.837 Ben Meiselas

Donald Trump's former Attorney General Pam Bondi was a no-show to her deposition today before the House Oversight Committee. Despite being lawfully subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee, she refused to show up. She unilaterally canceled her deposition as her cover-up and the Trump regime's cover-up of the Epstein files continues.

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24.917 - 50.849 Ben Meiselas

Now, just because former Attorney General Pam Bondi is no longer the Attorney General and the acting Attorney General is Todd Blanche, that doesn't stop a lawfully issued subpoena in her name. But this is precisely what Pam Bondi and the Trump regime is claiming. And so she just thinks she's above the law. It doesn't show up to depositions when she received subpoenas. Hillary Clinton showed up.

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50.95 - 73.546 Ben Meiselas

Bill Clinton showed up. They sat there. But Pam Bondi, who's at the heart of this cover up, who arguably is one of the lead figures in this criminal cartel. She's refused to show up. Now, Democratic Congress member Robert Garcia, who serves as the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, put out the following statement.

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73.626 - 87.289 Ben Meiselas

Pam Bondi is evading a lawful congressional subpoena by failing to appear before the House Oversight Committee for a deposition about the Epstein files and the White House cover-up. This subpoena applies to her regardless of her title.

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Chapter 2: What are the implications of Bondi's non-compliance with the subpoena?

87.349 - 105.553 Ben Meiselas

She must appear before the committee. And if she continues to ignore the law oversight, Democrats will move forward with contempt proceedings immediately. We will fight until there is true accountability and justice. The House oversight Dems, through their official account, put out the following statement as well.

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106.033 - 124.798 Ben Meiselas

Pam Bondi is evading a lawful congressional subpoena by failing to appear before our committee. They again say they will be holding her in contempt. If she doesn't show up, Congresswoman Stansberry, Democrat on the House Oversight Committee also says, Pam Bondi was subpoenaed to appear before the Oversight Committee today.

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125.219 - 147.733 Ben Meiselas

This was not a quote, pretty please, this was a legally binding congressional subpoena. If she does not make arrangements to appear immediately, we will move to hold her in contempt. Now, what are Republicans saying on the House Oversight Committee? Well, of course, they are complicit in this disgusting cover-up. They have worked to help her cancel her deposition.

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148.034 - 157.708 Ben Meiselas

This is supposed to be oversight, and I don't care what political party you're from, Oversight means oversight, not cover up.

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Chapter 3: How does the House Oversight Committee plan to respond to Bondi's actions?

157.768 - 181.356 Ben Meiselas

But that's what this Trump regime is doing with James Comer. So here's what the Republicans are saying. Ranking member Garcia is a hypocrite. The Clintons defied lawful subpoenas for seven months and he said nothing. He even voted against holding them in contempt. Now he's outraged over a rescheduling for a former AG. Garcia's outrage is purely performative. Excuse me? The Clintons showed up.

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181.336 - 202.775 Ben Meiselas

And the last time I checked, they'd been out of public service for at least Hillary Clinton about 10 years and Bill Clinton maybe twice, three times as long as that versus the former attorney general who was just recently fired, who was intimately involved in the Epstein coverup. I don't know, I see a little distinction there.

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203.076 - 220.602 Ben Meiselas

And I don't care what political party you're from, you should see a distinction there as well. So the acting Attorney General Todd Blanch went on State Regime Media, which calls itself Fox, and here's what he had to say about this coverup and Bondi not showing up. Play this clip. You have the authority to go ahead and release more, do you not?

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Chapter 4: What statements have been made by Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee?

221.083 - 241.281 Ben Meiselas

And you have the authority to go to Congress, perhaps? No, we have released everything. So listen, we reviewed six million pieces of paper. What we released were anything associated with the Epstein file. So we are not sitting on a single piece of paper. Nothing. Nothing that should be released. If we find something else tomorrow, we'll release it. I don't anticipate we will.

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241.621 - 262.221 Ben Meiselas

So the misguided assumption that there is more to be released is because we reviewed millions and millions of pages within the department, millions of which had nothing to do with Epstein. So it's not as if we looked at a document and said, you know, we're not going to release that. If we didn't release it, it's because it was not responsive to the law and therefore not part of the Epstein files.

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262.201 - 269.47 Ben Meiselas

He also said this about Melania Trump. Let's play it. Well, last week, the first lady dropped a bomb at the White House.

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Chapter 5: What are the Republican perspectives on Bondi's deposition cancellation?

269.49 - 273.034 Ben Meiselas

Here's Melania Trump at the White House talking about the Epstein files.

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274.096 - 291.938 Melania Trump

The lies linking me with the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein need to end today. I call on Congress to provide the women who have been victimized by Epstein with a public hearing specifically centered around the survivors.

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292.289 - 300.862 Ro Khanna

questions that come off of this. Did you know she was going to make that statement? Did you have information prior? Will you act on her request before Congress?

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301.543 - 317.084 Ben Meiselas

And when you remember what the president said, when you give all the files out there, the innocent people are going to be hurt. And we've seen that to some degree. How would you answer those three questions? No, the First Lady does not check with me before she speaks to the American people, and I wouldn't expect her to. But what she said rings true to me.

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317.284 - 336.285 Ben Meiselas

And what I mean by that is there have been tons of false narratives around her and her relationship or lack thereof with Epstein. And so I get her frustration and complaints, and I readily agree with it. As far as her call to Congress, it's exactly the same thing that we have been saying for the past year, which is the following.

Chapter 6: What did Melania Trump say regarding the Epstein files?

336.385 - 358.543 Ben Meiselas

If there is a victim that has evidence against anybody They should absolutely report it to the FBI, and we will take it seriously no matter what. And so her call to Congress to have witnesses come forward and testify is not inconsistent with what the Department of Justice and President Trump, frankly, has been saying for many years. And so I know that...

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358.523 - 372.216 Ben Meiselas

Now, folks, this is a concerted effort by MAGA and MAGA Republicans on the House Oversight Committee. For example, Byron Donald said the following. He's on the Oversight Committee. He's running for governor of Florida as a MAGA Republican. Play this clip.

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372.316 - 384.548 Byron Donald

I want to move to some domestic issues now. Major headline this week, the first lady, Melania Trump, put Jeffrey Epstein back in the headlines when she made a surprise announcement denying ties to the convicted

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384.528 - 404.46 Byron Donald

Sex offender, you're a member of the House Oversight Committee, which was scheduled to hear from former Attorney General Pam Bondi this coming Tuesday about her handling of the Epstein files. The Justice Department says Bondi's ouster excuses her from having to appear. Do you think Pam Bondi should testify this week?

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406.313 - 408.756 Robert Garcia

Look, actually at this point, I don't really think so.

Chapter 7: How does the acting Attorney General view the situation with Bondi?

408.776 - 411.338 Robert Garcia

Now that she's a former Attorney General of the United States.

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411.919 - 415.203 Byron Donald

Well, hold on, Hillary Clinton was in an office and she testified.

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415.283 - 434.143 Robert Garcia

Well, let me be very clear. We're gonna be continuing with our investigations into this matter. The Oversight Committee has been steadfastly working on this, also with survivors who chose to come forward to bring more information. I think if a former AG Bondi comes in, that'll be a determination of the committee as a whole. Let me also say,

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434.123 - 453.595 Robert Garcia

that the now former Attorney General, she did come into the committee in a session to have open conversation and dialogue with Republican and Democrat members. Hold on, let me explain this, this is important. Republican members came to that committee hearing, asking the former Attorney General Bondi important questions.

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453.615 - 474.171 Robert Garcia

The Democrats refused to ask her any questions because they wanted the cameras on, because they wanted to turn it into a political circus. And I was in that room and disgusted, quite frankly, because you had members on the Democrat side of the aisle who had ample ability to question former AG Bondi, and they refused because the cameras weren't on.

474.151 - 480.925 Ben Meiselas

Congressman, we're almost- Let's not forget during his opening press conference as acting attorney general, here's what Todd Blanch had to say.

480.965 - 485.234 Todd Blanch

Now former Attorney General Bonney was facing subpoena from the House Oversight Committee.

Chapter 8: What future actions might the House Oversight Committee take regarding Bondi?

486.036 - 493.712 Todd Blanch

Do you expect that she will comply with that or will this administration, will the Justice Department invoke some sort of privilege to block her from testifying?

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493.692 - 514.502 Ben Meiselas

so i look we as everybody knows the attorney general and i went to the house oversight a few weeks ago we answered every single question asked for a couple hours um what happens now that she's the the former attorney general and there's the subpoena out there is is i think i'll leave to to chairman colmer and others to to figure out i don't i don't have an answer to that

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514.482 - 518.808 Robert Garcia

You won't be invoking a privilege or anything. Excuse me? You won't invoke any kind of privilege to block.

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518.828 - 531.825 Ben Meiselas

No, I definitely did not say that. I said I will leave it to Chairman Comer to work out with others. I just don't have an answer for you, but I'm not committing to anything. I'm just saying I don't know. Go ahead. More from Todd Blanch here as well. In the coming days.

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532.906 - 537.132 Unknown

I think we've already lost her job, though, because she was not successful in that pursuit.

537.466 - 557.596 Ben Meiselas

You read the same exact communication from the president that I did. Pam Bondi is a trusted friend of President Trump's, will remain so. And no, nobody has any idea why the attorney general is no longer the attorney general, and I'm the acting attorney general, except for President Trump. And here's what Ro Khanna had to say about Pam Bondi.

557.636 - 573.244 Byron Donald

Let's play it. The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee says he still wants to hear from Pam Bondi with her deposition scheduled for April 14th. Do you think Pam Bondi still needs to come and testify even though she is now a private citizen, Congressman?

573.224 - 588.583 Ro Khanna

Yes, I mean, if we could chase Hillary Clinton, who hasn't been in office for 20 years, certainly we can get Pam Bondi to explain why she covered up documents, why we haven't had prosecutions. But Kristen, the most important thing is there need to be two tests for this next Attorney General.

588.563 - 607.166 Ro Khanna

First, the Senate needs to fight to make sure that they commit to releasing all Epstein files with no redactions other than survivors. And second, they need to begin investigations and prosecutions. There are people like Les Wexner and Leon Black who have allegedly have such horrific abuse and there has not been any investigation.

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