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interview is not being videotaped. Committee Democrats strongly disagree with that decision. We believe that Jeffrey Epstein survivors and the American people deserve to watch today's interview and reach their own conclusions, and the lack of video here today is another failure in transparency and accountability for the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's crimes. . To that end, I will introduce as minority exhibit A, this letter from a group of Jeffrey Epstein's survivors to Chairman Comer, dated May 20th, requesting that this interview be videotaped. [Bondi Minority Exhibit A was marked for identification.] : Q Ms. Bondi, I know you may have discussed today's questions in other forums. Our goal here is to create one single record that addresses as many of these issues as possible. We appreciate your patience, and we'll try to have you repeat yourself as little as possible. To the extent that any of my questions or your answers involve survivor names or other survivor identifying information, we would ask that the majority redacts that information prior to releasing the transcript publicly. And with that, we can get started. I just had sort of a preliminary global question. We will ask everything today to the best of your recollection, but the impression I got from the last round was that in a general sense on a day-to-day basis, then-Deputy Attorney General Blanche, now Acting Attorney General Blanche, had a more direct, day-to-day supervisory role over the Epstein files and related matters. Would you tend to agree with that? A Yes. He supervised the Epstein files release. Q And, with respect to Epstein files related matters that link directly to the FBI, is it correct that Director Patel would have a more intimate, detailed understanding of that than you probably would?