"US House Speaker Mike Johnson warned yesterday that he is looking into allegations that Pam Bondi's Department of Justice is tracking the search histories of members of Congress who looked up files related to Jeffrey Epstein. During attorney general Ms Bondi's testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, a photographer captured a page out of her briefing binder that appeared to show a document detailing the files that Representative Pramila Jayapal had searched on a DOJ computer."
"Members of Congress are allowed to search the un-redacted versions of files related to the convicted paedophile and sex trafficker Epstein, who died by suicide in custody in 2019 as he awaited trial in New York City. But the photo of Ms Jayapal's apparent search in Ms Bondi's so-called "burn book", as some House members labelled it, raised alarm bells among members of Congress."
"The image from Ms Bondi's hearing binder immediately caused outrage. "We're out there trying to do our investigative oversight, and they've structured a situation where they're basically spying on our every move," Representative Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, told The Independent. "So the attorney general knows what material we've looked at. I would have liked to have known what material she was looking at before she came in.""
Allegations emerged that the Department of Justice tracked the search histories of members of Congress who accessed files related to Jeffrey Epstein. A photographer captured a page from Attorney General Pam Bondi's briefing binder that appeared to list files Representative Pramila Jayapal had searched on a DOJ computer. Members of Congress can access un-redacted Epstein files, but the apparent listing in Bondi's binder raised alarms. House leader Mike Johnson said he is investigating the allegations. Representative Jamie Raskin characterized the situation as effectively spying on congressional oversight activities, and Bondi's testimony drew criticism for its tone and posture toward survivors.
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