Pam Bondi had Jayapal’s DOJ database search history, rep says
U.S. Attorney Pam Bondi takes her seat before testifying at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on “Oversight of the Department of Justice” on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2026.
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At a House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared to have a printout of Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s search history of the Justice Department’s database of documents related to notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Photos of the black file Bondi had at the hearing showed the words “Jayapal Pramila Search History” and a list of documents whose numbers matched the number of Epstein files.
Jayapal, a Washington state Democrat who sits on the Judiciary Committee, and other members of Congress visited the Justice Department in recent days to view nonpublic documents related to Epstein.
Jayapal blasts Bondi a post on x Wednesday evening.
“The Department of Justice’s surveillance of us while we search for the Epstein files is completely inappropriate and contrary to the separation of powers,” Jayapal wrote.
“Bondi showed up today with a logbook containing a printed search history of the exact emails I was looking for,” the congresswoman said.
“This is outrageous and I plan to pursue it and stop this spying on members.”
U.S. Attorney Pam Bondi holds a sheet of paper labeled “Jayapal Pramila Search History” referring to U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), a member of the House Judiciary Committee, during a hearing of the committee on oversight of the Department of Justice on Capitol Hill on February 11, 2026 in Washington, DC, U.S.
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Earlier in Wednesday’s hearing, Jayapal had a controversial exchange with Bondi after she asked the survivors of Epstein’s abuse (those in the room) to stand up and state that they were unable to meet with the Justice Department.
Many women stood up and raised their hands.
When Jayapal asked her to do so, Bondi said, “I will not get in the mud because of his theatrics.” apologize To the victims because the Justice Department did not fully redact their names when the files were made public.
Jayapal later spoke to MS Now and raised the possibility that the Justice Department may have given members of Congress access to the entire Epstein files to gather information about possible lines of questioning in the trial.
“Is this [the] The whole reason they opened [the files] Will you come to us two days early? So will they be able to spy on the members to see what we will ask him?” Jayapal told the news outlet.
The Justice Department did not immediately respond to CNBC when asked whether Bondi had a printout of the congressman’s search history, why he might have it, or whether the Justice Department was tracking searches made by other members of Congress.
