Epstein files: DOJ says it logs Congress members’ searches to ‘protect’ victim information

The DOJ’s statement came a day after a document contained in a binder used by Attorney General Pam Bondi at a House Judiciary Committee hearing indicated the DOJ had logged information about searches of the so-called Epstein files by Rep. Pramila Jayapal.

Jayapal, D-Wash., called the monitoring of her searches in the Epstein files “totally inappropriate.”

Several other members of Congress in recent days visited the DOJ to examine the Epstein files, including documents that were not among the more than 3 million files related to the predator that have been publicly released.

“As a part of that review, DOJ logs all searches made on its systems to protect against the release of victim information,” the spokeswoman said.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Wednesday night said he had not seen or heard anything about the DOJ logging Japayal’s searches of the Epstein files, “but that would be inappropriate if it happened.”

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