"American legislators accuse Department of Justice of "spying" the search of Epstein's file The dispute aggravated Congress' frustration over paper processing and editing"

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U.S. lawyer General Pam Bondi at the Court of Justice of the home of Representatives, February 11, 2026. © AP / J. Scott Applewhite

Members of both parties in the Capitol requested a consequence from the U.S. Department of Justice to monitor Congress' investigative search activities while reviewing confidential, uncensored papers related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The controversy broke out after lawyer General Pam Bondi appeared on Wednesday at a gathering of the home of Representatives Judiciary Committee with printed materials containing a list of circumstantial files and inquiries to which the Democratic congresswoman Pramila Jayapal had access.

Member of the Democratic organization in the Judicial Commission, Congressman Jamie Raskin, described this practice as a serious breach of trust and a possible violation of constitutional division of power.

He called for an investigation, claiming that the department was not only hiding documents, but besides "spyed members of legislature in charge of supervision, which was another blatant effort to interfere with Congress's oversight processes".


"Bondi has adequate time to spy on members of Congress, but can't apologize to the victims of Epstein's terrible abuse" – wrote Jayapal on social media, calling tracking ‘totally unacceptable’ and promising that the legislators will request a full accounting of the usage of search history.

To review the uncensored passages of the file – made available in the safe environment of the Department of Justice under the Transparency Act of Epstein – legislators were obliged to usage computers belonging to the department.


Some Republicans, including Congressman Nancy Mace, claimed that the department tagged and meant their activity with time stamps. president of the home of Representatives Supervisors James Comer told Axios that "he intends to ask and see if they have." talker Mike Johnson called all attempts to monitor legislators ‘inappropriate’.


The Justice Department responded to allegations questions, claiming that it records searches in its systems to defend confidential information, in peculiar the identity of the victims, but did not straight address the concerns of the legislators.

The dispute arises in the context of the wider frustration of legislature over the way the Department of Justice treats Epstein's file, which contain millions of pages of documents, films and photographs related to long-term investigations into Epstein's crimes and connections.

Critics, including legislators from both parties, claim that the department stalled the publication of information and overly aggressively edited material that could uncover the names of people associated with Epstein.



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source:https://www.rt.com/news/632391-doj-spying-epstein-congress/

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