BREAKING UPDATE on Pam Bondi IMPEACHMENT

I'm joined now by the ranking member of. the House Oversight Committee, Robert. Garcia. Congressman, thanks for joining. me. Sure thing. So, curiously, you have. an upcoming briefing with the Attorney. General, Pam Bondi, that is in addition. to the deposition that she was. subpoenaed for that's going to happen in. a few weeks. So, why do you presume that. it was so important for Pam Bondi to. voluntarily offer up a briefing for. members of Congress when she has this. deposition that which she was subpoenaed. for anyway? Uh we're not sure. I mean, look, we've. been asking for um meetings with with. the Attorney General to her to come in.

It's all been, of course, um. denied. And so, it's interesting now. that there's an official subpoena in. place for her to testify under oath. Of. course, she wants to do this briefing. Now, look, we'll do the briefing, but. the very first thing I'm going to say. and make it very clear is that this. briefing is not in lieu of the under. oath deposition that she has to sit for. And so, I think uh there are some that. are, including myself, that are going to. make it very clear and are concerned. that somehow she's going to try to get. out of doing her official deposition as.

by subpoena. We're not going to allow. that. The subpoena has gone out. It was. bipartisan. She has to come under oath. And if she wants to give us a briefing. and and answer our questions, we're. happy to do that. What is the point of coming and briefing. members of Congress? What's the point of. any of this when the issue at hand here. is something that she has full control. over, which is to release the. outstanding 3 million documents in the. Epstein files? Well, that's exactly what we're going to. ask her. I mean, at the end of the day, why hasn't she released all the files? And I'm going to get and I'm going to.

ask her why she continues to defy the. subpoena. She keeps pointing to the. subpoena as it relates to the Epstein. files that we put in place last summer, right? >> Right. She keeps pointing to the. Transparency Act, which she notes has. some provisions where um interagency. communication or ongoing investigations, she can hold those files. That's not the. case in the subpoena, and I remind folks. of that all the time, which is exactly. why we did both of those efforts. And. so, she has a responsibility to give us. all the files. We're going to ask her. both in the briefing and at the at the.

deposition why she's unwilling to do. that. To what extent are are we in the. public going to have some visibility. into what happens in both the briefing. and the deposition because both of those. obviously are behind closed doors. There's no public testimony. It's a. private deposition. And so, in in the in. the instance of today when you speak. with her and also in April, to what. extent are we going to have some. visibility into that? Well, look, as it relates to the under. oath deposition, I would expect that the.

Oversight Committee and the majority, in. this case Chairman Comer, will. essentially do what he's done for all. the depositions, which has been our the. agreement which he will release them. Well, obviously whether it was the the. Clintons, whether it's been other major. depositions like around Les Wexner, he. has released the video and the. transcripts of those depositions. And we. would expect and demand that he do the. exact same thing for the Attorney. General. There is no reason why he would. hide that. And if he did, I mean the. question is going to be why? Why this.

double standard? Why are we now. participating in this cover-up? Now, as. it relates to the briefing, I think we're going to have to figure. out and understand what we're actually. able to say to the public. I I imagine. that we'll be describing what happens. there, but look, it's not going to be. recorded. There is going to be no. official transcript. And so, a lot of it's going to be interesting to. see how they choose to frame what. happened in this briefing. We're going. to come out and say what we need to say. If there is if information that somehow. um. classified in some way or there's or.

there's information in that briefing. that can't be put out to the public to. protect survivors, we'll make note of. that. Um but I plan to be able to tell. the public as much as possible um from. both the briefing and of course the. deposition. At what point do you think. that Pam Bondi is no longer capable of. doing her job? I mean, quite frankly, she hasn't done. her job now. She's not doing her job. She's not releasing the files. She's. going back on her word. She's using the. DOJ to play cover for Donald Trump. And. so, as relates to her job performance,

uh. I think next to Kristi Noem, um. there's there there's no one that's been. involved more in damage, hurting our. institutions, the Epstein cover-up. All. she's doing to protect Donald Trump, going after the president's political. enemies, whether they're members of. Congress, whether they're in the court. system, whether they're in institutions. I mean, it is real, and I think she's. got a lot to answer for. You know, there. are a number of Republicans who are. sympathetic to the cause of trying to.

get some transparency uh as it relates. to the Epstein files, accountability um. uh for uh for on behalf of the. survivors. Is there going to be a world where if. Pam Bondi continues to serve as an. impediment to getting any of this. information released, that there may be. Republican support for an impeachment. effort, for example? I would hope so. I mean, I would hope. that uh we'd be able to build that case. I mean, the fact that we got um a. handful of Republicans to join all. Democrats on the committee and actually. get the committee to subpoena the.

Attorney General of the United States, Donald Trump's Attorney General, I think. was a huge step forward in the right. direction. I think that a lot of. Republicans are hearing from their base, especially their MAGA base, that this. Epstein cover-up is damaging the. president. It's causing people to leave. him as supporters. And so, I would hope. they would continue in partnership. around the Attorney General. And it's. not just the AG. I mean, the Deputy AG, Todd Blanche, let's remember, is the one. that actually visited Ghislaine Maxwell. He's the one that actually moved her to.

that low lower security facility. He was. the the president's former lawyer. I. mean, this is just corruption at its. very core. And so, we we need a DOJ. that's actually going to hold powerful. people accountable, that's going to. actually be independent from the. executive branch, which is which is you. know, has been the case in the the the. DOJ should not be taking direction from. the Oval Office. That's not the way it's. ever worked and it's not the way it. should work now. I want to bring to your attention a. pretty explosive story that's being.

reported in the Miami Herald. by Julie K. Brown who has been obviously. for years and years and years. on top of this. She wrote the House Oversight Committee. wants to interview Epstein prison guards. who worked the night that Epstein died. or an Epstein prison guard who worked. the night that Epstein died. The. interview request comes after Miami. Herald exclusive exclusively reported. that she was overheard by an inmate. talking about covering up his killing. Can you speak to the legitimacy of of. that claim? Is the Oversight Committee. looking to to have.

come testify the Epstein prison guard. who worked the night that he died? Yeah, we we support obviously this. deposition and that's something that I. think is really important. Look, there. has been. the government itself and the DOJ, they've they put out their conclusive. report as far as relates to Epstein's. death and they declared it a suicide. There have been experts that were. involved in that. But at the same time, there are so many inconsistencies, so. many mistakes that were made, so many. quite frankly strange incidents that.

have happened since that I think lead a. lot of folks, including myself, to. believe that there's more there and that. we need to ask the right questions and. we need to re-look at how and why. Jeffrey Epstein died. And there are some. outside independent experts that have. also looked at the circumstances and. that have come to a different. conclusion. They don't believe that. Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide. There's that missing footage. There's. the fact that the security guard was. receiving some payments. And look, all.

of these things, I'm not I'm not saying. that there is evidence per se that. somehow Jeffrey Epstein didn't commit. suicide because I think the evidence and. the experts have pointed in that. direction. But I think to give us. clarity. to ensure that we are following every. single lead. I think it's something. we've got to take a look at. So I. support interviewing the prison guard. Do the Republicans on the committee as. far as you know support that as well. because obviously Democrats don't have. subpoena power right now and so. everything kind of has to go through. James Comer and the Republican majority?

They do. In fact, we're working to bring. the bodyguard with the last person that. he ever seen actually alive into the. committee. Do you feel that the that the. successful effort to formally subpoena. Pam Bondi was a way by Republicans on. the committee to placate the Democrats. and and kind of succumb to a lot of the. pressure that they were contending with. or is this an affirmative effort? Is. this is this them, you know, also leading because they have questions. that need to be answered by Pam Bondi.

Are they doing it through gritted teeth, kicking and screaming or are they doing. it because they actually have legitimate. questions and legitimate concerns about. the way that this whole investigation, the release or failure to release the. Epstein files has being carried out? Look, I think a majority of Republicans, they'll do whatever Donald Trump tells. them to do and. are part of the the cover-up that. the White House clearly has been. involved in and they supported that by. not demanding transparency. But I think. there are several Republicans, some of.

them are on our committee that genuinely. have concern for the survivors in a way. that. pushes them and and makes them act on. getting additional subpoenas in place, pushing Comer to do the right thing, demanding like Nancy Mace did to get. Bondi in front of our committee. I think. there are those moments where you are. seeing Republicans, whether it's been. Nancy Mace or whether it's been. Anna Paulina Paulina Luna. or others. There there has been courage. on on that side and I think we hopefully. will continue to see that. You know, you.

are making good progress right now. What. does this progress look like compared to. if Democrats are able to take the gavel. if you become the chairman of the of the. Oversight Committee, um what does that. look like compared to what we're seeing. now? I mean, it'll be night and day. I mean, right now we are dependent on. Republicans to set the agenda, set the. meetings, set the depositions, set the. rules. They own They're the only ones. that have subpoena power. If we were in. the majority, we would have enough votes. on every vote to get exactly what we. wanted. We would be able to put a send. out any subpoena to anyone that we.

wanted to do and speak with. Uh and so. it it's it's significantly different. And so we're doing We're fighting really. hard, doing everything we can right now, but with the power of of the majority. comes additional powers for the. committee. So we look forward to that. >> And can you give us some examples of who. might be um of interest to speak with uh. if you do gain the gavel? Well, as it relates to the Epstein. investigation, uh there's a series of. folks that that um. arrows point to as far as possible.

co-conspirators or as additional people. that were Jeffrey Epstein's orbit that. worked with him very closely. There are. banks and figures and and um executives. at many of the banks. There are people. that financed some of these activities. So there's a long list of folks. We I mean, there are. there's probably 30 30 to 40 individuals. that all could have interesting and. important information for our. investigation. As it relates to other investigations, we want to talk to Stephen Miller. We. want to talk to uh Kristi Noem. She just. because she's moved on to another agency. doesn't absolve her of of of her crimes.

or corruption. Uh Corey Lewandowski. We're seeing a lot of reports right now. about what exactly happened around. around him and certain uh arrangements. and and certain contracts that were made. out of DHS. Uh we want to talk to folks. at Health and Human Services, the. destruction of our vaccine system, the. destruction of our boards um of science. And so there there's a long list of. folks that we want to talk to and we. will absolutely be committed to getting. the truth and forcing accountability and. ensuring that the Trump corruption era. is over. Perfectly put. We'll leave it.

there. Congressman, as always, thanks so. much for taking the time. Thank you. >> [music].