Democrats launch investigation into DOJ tracking of lawmakers’ Epstein files searches

Democrats launch investigation into DOJ tracking of lawmakers’ Epstein files searches

House Judiciary Committee and Oversight Committee Democrats launched a joint investigation into the Justice Department on Friday after Attorney General Pam Bondi was spotted reviewing a summary of a lawmaker’s searches of the unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files. The letter demands the Department of Justice (DOJ) “immediately cease tracking Members’ review of the Epstein files” and…

Speaker says DOJ tracking undue

WASHINGTON -- Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday that he did not think it was appropriate for the Department of Justice to be tracking the search histories of lawmakers who are reviewing files from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

Jayapal calls out DOJ ‘spying’

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday that he did not think it was appropriate for the Justice Department to be tracking the search histories of lawmakers who are reviewing files from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

DOJ spying on Congress’ viewing of Epstein files echos tobacco company spying on researchers

On February 9, 2026, as required by Epstein Files Transparency Act, the Department of Justice gave members of Congress access to the unredacted Epstein files, but just made four computer terminals at available. This reminded me of a similar situation back in 1999, when the British American Tobacco (BAT) company opened its Guildford Depository to make the documents it produced in the Minnesota lawsuit against BAT and other tobacco companies publi…