AG Bondi displays lawmaker search history at Epstein files hearing

At a February 11, 2026 House Judiciary Committee hearing, Attorney General Pam Bondi arrived carrying a printed document labeled with Rep. Pramila Jayapal's name and her search history from the DOJ Epstein files database. DOJ confirmed it had logged all congressional searches of the files, claiming the practice protected victim information. Reps. Jayapal, Jamie Raskin, and Robert Garcia accused DOJ of conducting unconstitutional surveillance on oversight activities and demanded the department stop tracking lawmakers' file reviews. House Speaker Mike Johnson called the monitoring inappropriate.