House Alarm After DOJ Logged Lawmakers' Epstein Searches

Photographs from a House hearing showed Attorney General Pam Bondi with a printout titled "Jayapal Pramila Search History" that revealed the Justice Department had logged Representative Pramila Jayapal's searches of unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files.

The Justice Department has permitted members of Congress to review unredacted Epstein files and said it "logs all searches made on its systems" to protect victim information.

Representative Jamie Raskin said he will ask the Justice Department's inspector general to open an inquiry into the tracking of lawmakers' searches.

Raskin said members who review the files must travel to a DOJ annex, sit at one of four DOJ-owned computers and search while DOJ staffers look over their shoulders.

Representative Pramila Jayapal plans to send a letter in the coming days asking for an investigation into the Justice Department's tracking of lawmakers' searches.