Jayapal Claims Bondi Monitored Her Epstein File Searches: ‘Outrageous’
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) alleged Wednesday that U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi spied on her search history while she viewed files on a government computer related to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Jayapal made his accusations after a House Judiciary Committee hearing in which Bondi answered questions and allegedly had a printout showing Jayapal’s search history, ABC News reported Thursday.
In a social media post, Jayapal wrote“It is completely inappropriate and contrary to the separation of powers for the DOJ to be monitoring us while we search for the Epstein files. Bondi showed up today with a burn book containing a printed search history of the exact emails I searched for. This is outrageous and I intend to pursue this and stop this spying on members.”
Jayapal was conducting research on a monitored government computer.
In July, she attempted to link President Donald Trump to the Epstein files, claiming he was “hiding something” about them, according to Breitbart News.
Breitbart News reported Tuesday:
President Donald Trump called sex offender Jeffrey Epstein “disgusting” and called his pimp, Ghislaine Maxwell, “nasty” in 2006, a now-retired police officer informed FBI agents in 2019. The revelation is contained in a newly unsealed court document released Monday by the Justice Department.
Ahead of Wednesday’s hearing, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released millions of pages from the Epstein files that were “disclosed under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the law enacted after months of public and political pressure that requires the government to open its files on the late financier and his confidante and former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell,” the Associated Press (AP) reported on January 30.
Regarding espionage, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel revealed in October that several Republican senators and one representative had their private communications allegedly tracked by former special counsel Jack Smith when former President Joe Biden (D) was in office, according to Breitbart News.
“This abuse of power ends now. Under my leadership, the FBI will bring truth and accountability, and will never again be used as a weapon against the American people,” Patel said.
During the administration of President Joe Biden (D), Jayapal remained silent about Epstein and Smith’s illegal spying on congressional leaders.
Regarding the recent release of the Epstein dossier, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) said she read the documents and also claimed the DOJ monitored documents reviewed by members of Congress.
“Yes. I will confirm. The DOJ tracks Epstein documents searched, opened and reviewed by members of Congress. I was able to navigate the system today and I will not disclose how or the nature of how; but I have confirmed that the DOJ MARKS ALL DOCUMENTS that members of Congress search, open and review,” she said Wednesday:
“The way I confirmed this, there are timestamps associated with this tracking,” Mace added.
