Capitol Hill is ablaze with fury as lawmakers ramp up the heat on Attorney General Pam Bondi, accusing her of orchestrating a ‘cover-up’ to shield high-profile men tangled in Jeffrey Epstein’s sordid saga. Bondi now faces the threat of a punishing $5,000 daily fine for contempt of Congress if she doesn’t comply with demands for transparency—and Congress says they’re armed with a backup plan if she tries to stonewall.

Despite growing outrage over the abundance of redacted and missing Epstein-related documents, Bondi insists she’ll go after any perpetrator found guilty. But critics aren’t buying it. Survivors’ advocates claim the FBI is sitting on a mountain of undisclosed interview notes—’dozens,’ they say—where victims have already dropped the names of powerful men who either abused them, visited Epstein’s infamous private island, or participated in the coverup.

Sep 3, 2025; Washington, DC, USA; An person holds a “Release the files” sign during a rally to support victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in Washington, D.C., on September 3, 2025. The bipartisan group is calling for the release of the Justice Department files surrounding the case.. Mandatory Credit: Josh Morgan-USA TODAY

‘Buried in these memos are the identities of well-connected financiers and politicians—men accused by the victims themselves of sexual assaults and coverups. The public has a right to know who they are,’ thundered Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), mastermind behind the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Khanna told The Post that not a single one of these explosive FBI witness statements has seen daylight.

The campaign to force Bondi’s hand is bipartisan and relentless. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), the act’s chief Republican backer, isn’t mincing words. He vowed that if the Justice Department won’t unmask the alleged abusers, Congress will do it for them—perhaps in spectacular fashion.

‘We’ll exhaust every lever to extract the truth. And if DOJ keeps stonewalling, we’re ready to enter the names directly into the Congressional Record,’ Massie told The Post. ‘At this stage, DOJ is blatantly breaking the law to protect these people.’

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi looks on during a press conference to discuss the progress of the Memphis Safe Task Force at the Shelby County Office of Preparedness in Memphis, Tenn., on November 24, 2025.

During a heated September hearing, Massie revealed that the FBI allegedly has a roster of at least 20 powerful men suspected of targeting young women and girls—publicly naming ex-Barclays CEO Jes Staley, who resigned in the fallout. Massie admitted he only knows Staley’s identity; the rest, he says, are in the possession of survivors and their legal teams.

Invoking the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause—which lets members of Congress disclose sensitive information while protected from legal fallout—Massie pointed out that Congress has precedent for such bold moves. In 1971, then-Sen. Mike Gravel used the same power to expose the Pentagon Papers during the height of the Vietnam War scandal.

The showdown is just beginning, with Congress warning that no shadowy figure is too powerful to be unmasked in the hunt for justice.

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