James Comer was 'blindsided' by GOP colleagues turning against Bondi: ex-spokesperson
Source: Raw Story
March 5, 2026 12:14PM ET
On Wednesday, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) was caught by surprise when five Republican members of his committee made it clear they wanted to haul Attorney General Pam Bondi into a hearing to explain her Jeffrey Epstein files foot-dragging.
Appearing on MS NOW on Thursday morning, Kurt Bardella, who served as the spokesperson for the committee when it was previously under Republican control, claimed that Comer was then forced to scramble. Calling the approval of bringing Bondi in "interesting timing," Bardella said the chair did not see it coming.
"Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle are frustrated with the redactions, with files going up, files being taken down, other media entities doing investigative work, coming up with information that the committee doesn't actually have in real time," Bardella explained. "So frustration finally reached this boiling point."
"And you saw yesterday a bipartisan –– I mean, this is how this is an incredibly rare thing to have right now in this highly narrow majority, that Republicans have –– a bipartisan group of members voted to subpoena the attorney general, blindsiding the chairman, James Comer, at the start of his hearing yesterday to the point where he had to kind of punt that vote to later in the day to figure out what the deal was," he reported.
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