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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi takes her seat during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Department of Justice oversight issues on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 11, 2026.
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minister of justice Pam Bundy A printout appeared to be available during Wednesday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing Rep. Pramila JayapalSearch history of Justice Department database of documents related to notorious sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein.
A photo of the black binder Bundy held during the hearing showed the words “Jayapal Pramila Search History” and a list of documents numbered to match those in Epstein’s file.
Jayapal, a Democrat who sits on the Washington state Judiciary Committee, and other members of Congress have visited the Justice Department in recent days to review documents related to Epstein that are not available to the public.
Jayapal blasts Bundy Posts on X Wednesday night.
“The Department of Justice’s surveillance of us as we searched the Epstein files is completely inappropriate and violates the separation of powers,” Jayapal wrote.
“Bundy showed up today with a burned book containing a printed search history of emails I had searched,” the congresswoman said.
“This is outrageous and I intend to pursue this matter and stop this surveillance of members.”
Asked by MS Now whether Bundy’s alleged actions were appropriate, House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, first said: “I’m not going to comment on unsubstantiated accusations. I don’t know anything about it.”
“I didn’t see or hear anything about it, but if that happened, it would be inappropriate,” Johnson said.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi holds a document labeled “Jayapal Pramila Search History” during a Department of Justice Oversight Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on February 11, 2026, which mentioned U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), a member of the House Judiciary Committee.
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During Wednesday’s hearing, Jayapal had a contentious exchange with Bundy after asking survivors of Epstein’s abuse in the room to stand and indicate if they were unable to meet with the Justice Department.
Several women stood up and raised their hands.
When Jayapal asked her to do so, Bundy said, “I’m not going to get bogged down by her drama.” Apologize It apologized to the victims because the Justice Department failed to fully redact their names when releasing the documents to the public.
Jayapal later spoke to MS Now and suggested that the Justice Department may have provided the complete Epstein files to members of Congress in order to gather information for possible questioning at the hearing.
“Is that the whole reason they opened (the documents) to us two days in advance? So they could basically spy on the member and see what we were going to ask her?” Jayapal told the news outlet.
The Justice Department did not immediately respond to CNBC when asked whether Bondi had a printout of the congresswoman’s search history, why she might have it, or whether the Justice Department tracks the search history of other members of Congress.
