From the time it was issued, this subpoena has been "completely unnecessary." Bondi already testified voluntarily before the House Judiciary Committee and offered to brief the Oversight Committee. Leaving office doesn't create new obligations, and the subpoena was issued to an attorney general who no longer holds that title. Congress is grandstanding instead of accepting the cooperation already on the table.
A subpoena is issued by name, not title, and is binding no matter what. Bondi's dodging is exactly the kind of ducking of accountability that contempt charges exist to stop. The DOJ botched the Epstein files release, stonewalled Congress and still hasn't answered for non-compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Survivors are still waiting for justice, and no one gets to just walk away from that.
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