"Photographs taken by Reuters during a congressional hearing on Wednesday showed the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, holding a document titled Jayapal Pramila Search History, listing files that the Democratic US representative Pramila Jayapal had accessed during her review of the Epstein materials. Access to the unredacted Epstein materials became available to legislators earlier this week under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Several members of Congress are demanding that the justice department halt the tracking, alleging that the department has violated the separation of powers."
"It is an outrage that [the justice department] is tracking members' investigative steps, said Jamie Raskin, the ranking Democrat on the House judiciary committee, who announced he would ask the justice department inspector general to open an inquiry into what he called this outrageous abuse of power. The department of justice confirmed to the Guardian that it does, in fact, monitor all Epstein file searches from lawmakers on its systems."
Members of Congress discovered that the Department of Justice logged and monitored their searches of unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files. Photographs showed US Attorney General Pam Bondi holding a document titled Jayapal Pramila Search History listing files Rep. Pramila Jayapal accessed. Access to unredacted materials became available under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Several legislators demanded the DOJ stop tracking, alleging separation-of-powers violations. Representative Jamie Raskin said he will request the inspector general open an inquiry, calling the logging an abuse of power. The DOJ confirmed it monitors and logs searches on its systems to protect victim information. Lawmakers must review files on DOJ computers under staff supervision.
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