https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/bondi-epstein-files-search-history-hearing-pramila-jayapal/A high-profile House Democrat is accusing Attorney General Pam Bondi of "spying" on her search history while she pored through Jeffrey Epstein-related documents, after Bondi was seen at a combative congressional hearing Wednesday with what appeared to be a list of the lawmaker's searches.One of the printouts that Bondi referenced during the hearing was a list labeled "Jayapal Pramila Search History," referring to Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington. The document listed out at least eight different files from the Justice Department's trove of Epstein records, including their file numbers and brief descriptions of their contents, according to images snapped by photojournalists who covered the hearing.It's not entirely clear how the list was compiled, but since Monday, the Justice Department has allowed several members of Congress to visit its offices and search through a database of unredacted Epstein files. In recent weeks, the department has made millions of records on the late sex offender public, but with redactions to take out survivors' names and other information, drawing criticism from some lawmakers who argue the redactions were excessive.Jayapal said in a statement to CBS News on Wednesday: "It is totally inappropriate and against the separations of powers for the DOJ to surveil us as we search the Epstein files." "Bondi showed up today with a burn book that held a printed search history of exactly what emails I searched," said the Democrat, who previously chaired the Congressional Progressive Caucus. "That is outrageous and I intend to pursue this and stop this spying on members."
Jayapal's office said she is organizing a letter seeking to investigate what she alleges is improper surveillance of lawmakers who reviewed the Epstein files.Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, said in a statement Wednesday he will ask the Justice Department's Inspector General to investigate what he called an "outrageous abuse of power.""This is just getting Orwellian with these people," Raskin told reporters, adding: "They better cut it out immediately, now that they've been caught."CBS News has reached out to the Justice Department for comment.Jayapal was among the Democrats who sparred with Bondi during an hourslong and often pugilistic House Judiciary Committee hearing that focused largely on the Justice Department's handling of the Epstein files.At one point, Jayapal pressed Bondi on two of the documents that appeared on the attorney general's "search history" list, pointing to them as examples of mistakes during the Justice Department's redaction process. One of the files was an email exchange between Epstein and a high-profile Emirati sultan whose email address is blacked out, drawing criticism from lawmakers. The other file — which has been removed from the Justice Department's public database — was an email with the subject line "Epstein victim list" that named dozens of people with few redactions.Jayapal asked Bondi to apologize to Epstein survivors for failing to shield their personal information. She also asked survivors who attended the hearing to raise their hands if they had not yet met with the Justice Department. Bondi responded by criticizing Biden-era Attorney General Merrick Garland over his handling of the Epstein matter, and said: "I'm not going to get in the gutter for her theatrics."Jayapal is not the only congressional Democrat to raise questions about the system set up by the Justice Department for lawmakers to search through the Epstein files.
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam of Virginia said earlier Wednesday that the department "set up four computers in a really tiny room" and created "a unique log-in and password for each one of us." He also said lawmakers weren't allowed to bring phones into the room and were only allowed to take written notes in a standalone notepad."They were trying to make it as hard as possible for us to connect dots," Subramanyan told streaming host Aaron Parnas.
Accusations of the Trump administration spying on members of Congress investigating the Esptein files have been further confirmed by none other than MAGA Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace, who posted the following on her official Twitter account:>Yes. I will confirm. DOJ is tracking the Epstein documents Members of Congress search for, open, and review.>I was able to navigate the system today and I won't disclose how or the nature of how; but confirmed the DOJ is tagging ALL DOCUMENTS Members of Congress search, open and review. >Based on how I confirmed this, there are timestamps associated with this tracking.https://x.com/RepNancyMace/status/2021738786086924353
Not even the derailment shill wants to touch this one
>>1488618>Jayapal Pramila>Suhas SubramanyamWhat are these demonic names. Are you OK Demosaars?
>>1488635They're members of the PooPoo Caucus.They keep calling me claiming to be Microsoft trying to get me to vote for them.
>>1488635Vivek RamaswamyKashyap Pramod Patel Usha Bala Chilukuri
>>1488633The DOJ is sticking by their earlier statements that they won't charge anyone else for pedophiliaWhy Trump's DOJ simping so hard for pedophiles?
>>1488639No one voted for any of these people.Then again, with the amount of Democrat vote fraud, it's likely no one voted for those congresssaars.
>>1488643correct, the amount of votes provided by 'democrat vote fraud' is zeroThank you for your concession
>>1488646It's illegal to investigate it so how do you know?
>>1488651>It's illegal to investigate itIts a good point, Trump investigated it 56 times and didn't go to jail, which is a good indication that it is actually illegal and a jail worthy offense for democrats
Speak of the derailment shill and in it will walkBack to the matter at hand. Why is the Pedo Trump regime spying on Congress over Epstein files?I've been told they completely exonerate him and even prove he single-handedly brought down Epstein out of the goodness of his heartSo what could be in the unredacted, unreleased files that he's so concerned about the public seeing that he's willing to spy on a co-equal branch of government about it?
>>1488618>Thomas Massie made a total fool of himself yesterday, fighting aimlessly against a hopeless agenda of Hate and Stupidity.It's always fun when he self tells while trying to tear down someone else, in this case affirming that the Trump agenda hopeless and focused on being hateful and stupid.
>>1488654But many other people did end up in court. And wasn't one of the 20 dRumpf banana republic impeachments related?
They really got away with it that's wild
