U.S. Representative Nancy Mace (R-SC), one of just four House Republicans who signed Rep. Thomas Massie‘s (R-KY) discharge petition to release the complete Epstein Files, reacted on social media to President Trump’s firing of Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Despite the AG’s dismissal, Mace confirmed she would continue to hunt Bondi’s testimony under oath regarding the files, writing: “My subpoena still stands. When the Oversight Committee moved to subpoena Bondi, I did it by name, not by or not as the sitting Attorney General of the U.S. RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.”
[NOTE: Besides Mace and Massie, the other two Republicans who signed Massie’s petition were MAGA-aligned Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and now former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).]
Pam Bondi will soon leave her job as the Attorney General.
My subpoena still stands. When the Oversight Committee moved to subpoena Bondi, I did it by name, not by or not as the sitting Attorney General of the U.S.
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES. pic.twitter.com/Unb5OMcg7j
— Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) April 2, 2026
Mace’s colleague, U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee, responded to Mace’s post: “Rep. Mace is 100% correct here. The subpoena she led on stands regardless. We look forward to hearing from her.”
Massie responded to the news of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche taking the position of acting AG by writing: “Congratulations AG Blanche. Now you have 30 days to release the rest of the files before becoming criminally liable for failure to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.”
Congratulations AG Blanche. Now you have 30 days to release the rest of the files before becoming criminally liable for failure to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. https://t.co/LOcytrTXJV
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) April 3, 2026
Bill Kristol, former chief of staff to Vice President Dan Quayle and editor-at-large of The Bulwark, replied to Blanche’s new position: “By the way, the main orchestrator of the Epstein cover up is now Acting Attorney General of the United States.”
[NOTE: In July, the DOJ and FBI released a memo that said Epstein did not have a “client list” (even though earlier Bondi had said the list “sat on her desk”) and that they wouldn’t release more information regarding the Epstein case. After Blanche conducted a two-day interview with convicted Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell at a Florida prison in July, she was moved to a minimum-security federal prison camp in Texas. In September, Massie filed the discharge petition.]