Politics
GOP ‘On Board’ With Impeaching Bondi
By Jake Beardslee · January 6, 2026
Several Republican lawmakers have privately indicated openness to potential impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Pam Bondi, according to Rep. Ro Khanna, who said bipartisan support is beginning to coalesce around the issue.
Speaking on MS Now, Khanna said “there are a few Republicans who are on board with it,” adding that Rep. Thomas Massie would take the lead should the effort formally advance.
Khanna emphasized that the current push differs from earlier Democratic impeachment threats aimed at Trump administration officials because it involves Republican participation from the outset.
Rather than immediately pursuing impeachment, Khanna and Massie plan to initiate a lesser-used enforcement mechanism known as inherent contempt of Congress. The move would allow the House to levy daily fines against Bondi if the Department of Justice continues failing to comply with a statutory deadline to release records related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The dispute centers on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, legislation co-sponsored by Khanna and Massie, which required the Department of Justice to release all Epstein-related documents within 30 days, allowing only minimal redactions. The DOJ missed the deadline and later released only partial records, many of which were heavily redacted.
Lawmakers involved in the effort argue that the scope of those redactions exceeded what the law permits.
During a joint appearance on Face the Nation on CBS News, Khanna said, “We only need the House for inherent contempt, and we’re building a bipartisan coalition. And it would fine Pam Bondi for every day that she’s not releasing these documents.”
Massie echoed that position, saying, “The quickest way, and I think most expeditious way, to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi.”
Bondi did not directly address the accusations in her response, but issued a statement on X reaffirming the department’s stance on Epstein-related prosecutions.
“The Department of Justice previously stated we will bring charges against anyone involved in the trafficking and exploitation of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims. We reaffirm this commitment, and ask any victim to please come forward… We believe in the equal standard of justice in this country and will ensure that Justice is served,” she wrote.
The White House moved quickly to defend Bondi. Spokesperson Abigail Jackson told Newsweek, “The Trump Administration is the most transparent in history. Attorney General Bondi is doing an excellent job delivering on the President’s promises. If these Democrats cared about truth and transparency they would be demanding answers from Bill Clinton, Hakeem Jeffries, and Stacey Plaskett.”
Public sentiment appears mixed but critical. Massie recently conducted a poll on X asking whether Bondi should be impeached. Among more than 46,000 respondents, 66 percent supported impeachment over the Epstein files, while 11 percent supported impeachment “for other reasons.” Six percent said Bondi was doing a “fine job,” and 17 percent said President Donald Trump should remove her from office.
An AtlasIntel survey found Bondi to be the least popular member of the Trump administration. The poll showed 26 percent approval and 67 percent disapproval among 2,315 U.S. adults, with a margin of error of plus or minus two percentage points.
Khanna said that formal impeachment remains a possibility. During a podcast interview with Brian Tyler Cohen, he confirmed that draft articles of impeachment against Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche were in progress, though not yet filed.
“They’re saying they’re going to keep producing things until the end of the year, but we’re ready,” Khanna said.
It remains uncertain whether the effort can gain sufficient traction in the Republican-controlled House and Senate to result in Bondi’s removal.