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Unidentified committee speaker says Attorney General Bondi has produced only 1% of subpoenaed DOJ files, calls to 'release the files'

Oversight Committee Democrats · January 27, 2026

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Summary

An unidentified committee speaker accused Attorney General Bondi of missing a subpoena deadline and producing only about 1% of DOJ records — heavily redacted — and urged immediate release, saying the release appears intended to protect Donald J. Trump; no response from Bondi appears in the transcript.

Unidentified Speaker (committee member) accused Attorney General Bondi of failing to comply with a committee subpoena and with a law the speaker said was signed by Donald J. Trump, saying the office had produced only a small fraction of requested records.

The speaker told the committee that "only 1% has been produced" and described the released portion as "so heavily redacted that it mocks the law," identifying the materials as "DOJ Epstein dataset number 4." The remarks said the production arrived "more than a month late" and that the office "has withheld 99% of the files" and "obscured the little that they did release." The speaker called the pattern "intentional" and said it was aimed at "protecting one man, Donald J. Trump, from accountability," before concluding, "Release the files." The speaker then yielded back.

Why it matters: The committee hearing format recorded these allegations but the transcript contains no immediate response from Attorney General Bondi or her office. The speaker framed the issue as a legal and transparency failure tied to compliance with a subpoena and a statute the speaker described as enacted by the former president. The committee now has the public allegation on record; the transcript does not show subsequent staff or committee action on the claim.

What was claimed and what’s in the record: The speaker asserted three measurable points: that roughly 1% of requested records were produced, that production was "more than a month late," and that 99% of responsive records remain withheld. Each of those figures was presented as the speaker's statement in the hearing transcript and is reported here as such. The transcript identifies the materials as "DOJ Epstein dataset number 4." The transcript does not contain verification of the percentages, dates, or the asserted reason for withholding.

Next step in the hearing: After the speaker's statement and demand to "Release the files," the record shows the speaker yielded back and the chair moved the proceedings forward; the transcript does not record a formal vote or an immediate commitment from staff to pursue enforcement in that segment.