Hailey Fuchs

Some personal news: Beyond excited to join Politico’s Congress team. I’ll be covering the oversight, judiciary, and ethics committees. Please send tips my way!

Epstein’s lawyer tells House Oversight investigators he had ‘no knowledge’ of Epstein’s crimes dlvr.it/TRb3jK

NEW — Why Kristi Noem's ouster could mean trouble for Pam Bondi politico.com/news/2026/03/0…

NEWS — The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee just voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify about her handling of the Epstein files. The motion was brought by Nancy Mace. Boebert, Perry, Cloud, and Burchett voted with her and all Democrats.

A spokesperson for Bill Gates tells me he is “looking forward to answering all the committee’s questions” in the Congressional probe into Jeffrey Epstein politico.com/live-updates/2…

Also ICYMI —> What was supposed to be an opportunity to question Hillary Clinton about Epstein devolved into shouting matches + questions about Pizzagate It underscores how the Epstein probe has allowed lawmakers to air unrelated political grievances politico.com/news/2026/03/0…

ICYMI from last night —> Our takeaways from the historic depositions of Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton in the Epstein probe politico.com/news/2026/03/0…

Video of Hillary Clinton's deposition is here --> youtube.com/watch?v=siiAk6…

NEW — The House Oversight Committee released video of former President Bill Clinton testifying about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein youtube.com/watch?v=rgJrYK…

Republicans not ruling out a subpoena for Lutnick in Epstein investigation dlvr.it/TR9xSY

Oversight Committee chair James Comer said his panel is looking into the allegation in @stphnfwlr reporting that DOJ removed materials from its database including material around an allegation that Trump assaulted a minor

NEW — As the Clintons testify before Congress this week, pressure is mounting on lawmakers to find evidence of criminal wrongdoing against someone in their Epstein probe. Arrests in the UK have only exacerbated that pressure. politi.co/4qXyHWC

@samstein Alex Acosta resigning in Trump 1 was certainly an Epstein-related consequence

Between Kathy Ruemmler and Larry Summers there have now been TWO Obama-era officials who have suffered Epstein related consequences and ZERO Trump officials.

NEW — Democrats are probing whether DOJ purposefully withheld materials in the Epstein files, including info around an accusation that Trump sexually assaulted a minor in the 1980s politico.com/news/2026/02/2…

RIP Ivan Adler. A one-of-a-kind Washington guy. politi.co/3p59KMD

NEW - President Donald Trump is barreling ahead with the first State of the Union address of his second term, 11 days from now — despite concerns among Republicans it’s set to hit during the partial government shutdown triggering overnight Trump’s Feb 24 address is right after Congress returns from recess - and nobody expects an end to the DHS shutdown by then. A senior White House official said talk of any delay is “not as of yet” under discussion. Senior Hill Republicans believe the president is full steam ahead as well. w/ @jordainc @Reporter_Mia @Hailey_Fuchs politi.co/4tG6are via @politico

“Nobody wants to get on the bad side of Trump,” @RepThomasMassie tells @Hailey_Fuchs. “That’ll change once we get past our primaries.” tinyurl.com/mtjjdd4c

NEW — Our wrap-up on the highly confrontational hearing with AG Pam Bondi today, where she largely stonewalled Dems for 4 hours politico.com/news/2026/02/1…

BONDI hearing already tense — Democrats are challenging Trump’s AG to address the Epstein victims seated directly behind her in this House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing Bondi shot back to @RepJayapal questioning — I am not going to get “in the gutter for her theatrics.” @Hailey_Fuchs politico.com/live-updates/2… via @politico

A number of Jeffrey Epstein's victims are in the hearing room for House Judiciary's hearing with Attorney General Pam Bondi. Her handling of the Epstein matter is expected to be central to lawmakers' questioning.

A tense exchange between Attorney General Pam Bondi and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, after Jayapal asked Bondi to apologize to the Epstein victims for what the Justice Department has put them through. Bondi retorted, "I'm not going to get in the gutter for her theatrics."