WASHINGTON — Former Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared in public for the first time Friday since being diagnosed with thyroid cancer as she arrived on Capitol Hill for a transcribed interview with House lawmakers about the release of investigative files on deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Bondi, 60, ignored reporter questions as she entered the House Oversight Committee’s hearing room, wearing a white bandage on the front of her neck. 

“I am deeply sorry for what any victim has been through, especially as a result of that monster. If they have any information to share with law enforcement about anyone who has hurt them or abused them, the FBI is waiting to hear from them,” the ex-AG said in her opening statement, according to a copy obtained by The Post.

“The bottom line is: justice and transparency in this matter have been delivered at the direction of President Trump and his administration.”

Bondi had claimed in February 2025 that a potential “client list” of Epstein’s associates was “sitting” on her desk awaiting review, months before a DOJ-FBI memo denied that the documents contained explosive details about any co-conspirators.

“This case hasn’t been thoroughly investigated,” said Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) ahead of the interview, touting his committee’s work obtaining documents from Epstein’s estate as well as the Department of Justice while securing multiple interviews with ex-associates of the sex offender.

“What documents remain? Why haven’t they been turned over?” he asked. “I want every document. I don’t want anything held back.”

“The government has failed the survivors,” continued Comer, mentioning that “some names” had recently been named by former Epstein assistant Sarah Kellen as potentially implicated in the financier’s crimes.

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the top Democrat on the panel, also denounced the DOJ for having accidentally released personal identifying information about some of Epstein’s victims — and accused Bondi of passing the buck.

“All of the mistakes that we saw, the redactions, not protecting survivors, she continues to push that back onto the acting AG Todd Blanche, who by the way, was Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer,” he said.

Garcia also disagreed with the decision not to take a video recording of the hearing, a courtesy which was not extended to several prior witnesses — including former President Bill Clinton and ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Bondi, in her opening statement, defended the DOJ’s record regarding the Epstein files, citing the “nearly 3 million pages of material” released.

The former AG added that she had delegated the disclosures to Blanche and noted that the investigative materials spanning four presidential administrations had been released with limited redactions.

“As the head of a large Department with broad responsibilities, I did not lead every aspect of this effort or conduct that document review myself,” she said.

“The team of professionals who reviewed all of the materials that we collected assured me the only materials that were withheld were either non-responsive, privileged, or duplicative,” she added. “Although not required by the Act, the Department has given Congress access to unredacted, duplicative materials in the Reading Room in an effort at maximum transparency.”

The releases had been mandated by the passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which was signed by President Trump on Nov. 19.

The July 6, 2025, memo also stated that no evidence pointed to third parties who could be charged in connection with Epstein’s sickening crimes, that the financier had not blackmailed associates, and that “no further disclosure would be appropriate or warranted.”

The memo prompted bipartisan backlash, with the House Oversight Committee also launching an investigation into the DOJ’s handling of Epstein investigative materials, as well as those of his convicted accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.

The British-born socialiate, who is serving a 20-year sentence in federal prison for conspiring with Epstein to abuse young girls, should “die in prison,” Bondi told lawmakers, a source familiar with the interview told The Post.

Oversight lawmakers issued a subpoena in March for Bondi to appear and answer questions about her potential “mismanagement” of the Epstein files.

After her departure, the former AG agreed to voluntarily appear — the second Trump Cabinet official to do so after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s sitdown with the Oversight panel earlier this month.

Women victimized by Epstein spoke with reporters outside the hearing about their frustration with the feds for failing to follow what they viewed as promising investigative leads — with one also claiming some “key records remain withheld.”

Some of the victims also indicated that witnesses who have already testified to the Oversight panel had not been forthcoming about their knowledge of Epstein’s crimes.

Danielle Benksy claimed multiple references to a “black bag” in the files were code for thousands of dollars that Epstein kept to pay for massages from young women — and that his accountant, Richard Kahn, was aware since his name was referenced in emails.

The Epstein survivors also pointed to a July 24, 2025, email among members of the FBI’s New York Field Office discussing the need to build a spreadsheet of all derogatory information on more than a dozen individuals, including Trump, the former Royal Prince Andrew, and Bill Clinton.