Rep. Summer Lee Claims James Comer Called Her ‘B-tch’ During Private Meeting Over Epstein Files

The meeting was over Attorney General Pam Bondi's handling of the Epstein Files and their public release.

U.S. Rep. Summer Lee says James Comer called her a “b-tch” during a closed-door meeting over the Epstein files.

The Pennsylvania congresswoman shared her frustrations with reporter over how the meeting went with Comer, chairman of the House Oversight Committee. “I just walked out of a fake deposition…a fake hearing, where chairman Comer called me a b***,” she said after the incident, as reported by BET News.

Comer denied saying that on X.

The hearing escalated over Attorney General Pam Bondi and potential repercussions surrounding her handling of the Epstein files. Bondi has been subpoenaed over the release of the documents, which detailed the conviction of Jeffrey Epstein, the infamous late financier, on sex trafficking charges.

Lee attempted to impeach Bondi regarding her involvement in the files’ botched rollout, which allegedly sparked a heated exchanged with Comer.

“[Bondi] has not been in compliance with our subpoena in the Epstein Transparency Act to release the full, complete, unredacted Epstein files. She has been withholding them. She has been obstructing justice since last July, and a couple of weeks ago, we finally got bipartisan support to subpoena her, to bring her into our committee to ask questions,” Leee said.

CNN’s Chief White House Correspondent, Kaitlan Collins, reported that Comer did use the word “bitching” in the exchange with Lee. He used the term to insinuate that she was wasting time in the briefing as she tried to initiate articles of impeachment.

“You’ve wasted three minutes of everyone’s time just kind of, bitching…,” reportedly said Comer during the meeting, as posted by the journalist.

However, the Kentucky Rep. argued that he did not hurl the phrase solely at his female colleague. While doubling down on the word’s usage, he directed his message toward all Democrats in the case against Bondi.

🚨FACT CHECK: True.

I said Democrats were bitching and wasting everyone’s time because Democrats were bitching and wasting everyone’s time. https://t.co/eSJX41Q0AT
— Rep. James Comer (@RepJamesComer) March 18, 2026

“FACT CHECK: True,” Comer said. “I said Democrats were bitching and wasting everyone’s time because Democrats were bitching and wasting everyone’s time.”

Lee, however, still felt the direct attack of the phrase, especially as a Black woman political figure. While the two continue to butt heads over Bondi’s refusal to comply with Democrats’ demands, Democrats have urged GOP lawmakers to hold Bondi accountable for her role in the delayed release of the files.