Pam Bondi Questioned by House Panel on Handling of Epstein Files

House lawmakers arrived for a closed-door session with former Attorney General Pam Bondi prepared to press her on the Justice Department’s decisions to withhold documents related to accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

Democrats and some Republicans have criticized the department for being slow to comply with a law forcing release of Justice Department files and withholding key information.

“We obviously have a lot of questions as it relates to why only 50% of the files have been released,” Representative Robert Garcia, the top-ranking Democrat on the committee, told reporters just before her interview began.

The Justice Department released ...