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U.S. Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) filed articles of impeachment against Attorney General Pam Bondi today, while House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) subpoenaed her over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

The impeachment bill alleges a variety of offenses, including perjury in congressional testimony, defiance of federal court orders, abuse of investigatory and prosecutorial authority, defiance of the Epstein Files Transparency Act and defiance of the Oversight Committee’s subpoena to release the full, unredacted Epstein files.

It’s being co-sponsored by Reps. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Dave Min (D-CA) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).

“Pam Bondi is complicit in the most egregious coverup in American history, hiding documents that reveal a young woman reported being sexually assaulted by Donald Trump when she was just a minor and spying on members of Congress performing their constitutional oversight duties,” said Ansari. “Bondi’s actions are not only disgusting and wrong, they are also illegal, in direct violation of the Epstein Files Transparency Act and her oath of office. She must be held accountable and impeached immediately.”

“Under the corrupt leadership of Attorney General Bondi, the Department of Justice has lost the trust of the American people,” said Foushee. “Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse –– as well as Renée Nicole Good, Alex Pretti and their families –– deserve justice, and the American people deserve better. Congress must fulfill its constitutional obligation and remove Bondi from her position immediately.”

“The Attorney General of the United States is entrusted with one of the most solemn responsibilities in our democracy: to enforce the law fairly, impartially and without political influence,” said bill author Lee. “Instead, Pam Bondi is breaking the law to protect pedophiles and prosecute Trump’s political opponents. This is about accountability, transparency and justice. We deserve a justice system that serves the people, not one that is weaponized for political gain.”

Comer’s subpoena requires Bondi to appear for a closed-door deposition on April 14. 

“The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (Committee) is reviewing the possible mismanagement of the federal government’s investigation of Mr. Jeffrey Epstein and Ms. Ghislaine Maxwell, the circumstances and subsequent investigations of Mr. Epstein’s death, the operation of sex-trafficking rings and ways for the federal government to effectively combat them, the ways in which Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell sought to curry favor and exercise influence to protect their illegal activities and potential violations of ethics rules related to elected officials,” wrote Comer in the subpoena.

“As Attorney General, you are directly responsible for overseeing the Department’s collection, review and determinations regarding the release of files pursuant to the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and the Committee therefore believes that you possess valuable insight into these efforts.”

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A still shot from one of Kristi Noem’s infamous DHS horse ads

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, facing threats from drug cartels and over her handling of the Epstein files, has reportedly moved from her Washington, D.C. apartment to a U.S. military base in the area. Threats to Bondi also allegedly ramped up after the questionably legal capture and prosecution of President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela in January.

She joins a host of Trump administration officials who have recently relocated to taxpayer-funded military housing, including Stephen Miller, top domestic policy advisor and key architect of the Project 2025 initiative that has provided a blueprint for U.S. immigration policy. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and War Secretary Pete Hegseth have also relocated.

And a new analysis from government watchdog Open the Books found that as of September 2025 (the end of the fiscal year), the Pentagon had approved more than $93 billion in spending. In the month of September alone, Hegseth’s War Department spent $6.9 million on lobster tails and $2 million on Alaskan king crab. Additionally in September, the department spent $15.1 million on ribeye steaks, $124,000 for new ice cream machines, and $139,224 on doughnut orders. Other Hegseth splurges include $100,000 on a Steinway & Sons grand piano for the Air Force chief of staff and $5.3 million on Apple devices, including brand new iPads.

The Pentagon spent $225.6 million in 2025 for furniture, including $12,540 for fruit basket stands and more than $60,000 for recliners from high-end furniture maker Herman Miller. The Pentagon furniture budget was the largest since 2014, when Chuck Hagel was Barrack Obama’s Defense Secretary.

The spending spree news comes on the heels of Noem’s dismissal. Noem is now being investigated by the department’s internal watchdog, the Office of Inspector General, for “systematically” obstructing its work and refusing to cooperate with criminal investigations.

The Office is also investigating Noem’s $220 million in ad spending, funded by taxpayers, in self-promotional spots featuring her on horseback. Noem had no-bid contracts with three businesses, including a $77 million contract awarded to The Strategy Group operated by a former colleague of Noem’s top advisor and alleged boyfriend Corey Lewandowski. The company does not appear on public documents about the contract and the main recipient listed on the contracts is a mysterious Delaware company, created days before the deal was finalized.

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Trump and Bondi at Mar-a-Lago in 2016

A letter sent to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) today from a bipartisan group of senators requests a review of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) handling and release of documents related to the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. The letter outlines concerns about redactions in the millions of released files and seeks clarity about how the information was reviewed.

Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) signed the letter, which argues the DOJ failed to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The law allows victims’ identities and information to be redacted but does not allow redactions based on embarrassment, reputational harm or political sensitivity.

“Contrary to Congress’s explicit directive to protect victims, these records included email addresses and nude photos in which the names and faces of publicly-identified and non-public victims could be identified,” wrote the senators. “But when it came to information identifying powerful business and politics figures who are alleged co-conspirators or material witnesses, DOJ appears to have heavily redacted those records.”

The review request comes a week after the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi as part of its ongoing investigation into Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

“There’s over 65,000 documents missing, and we know there are more than 2,000 videos that are out there,” said Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) who introduced the resolution to subpoena Bondi. “They’re not giving Congress all the information or all the documents, and they’re obfuscating. And I’d like to ask questions about that in our deposition.”

Where Are Epstein’s Financial Records?

What’s also missing from the Epstein files are the convicted sex trafficker’s bank records. The U.S. Treasury Department holds an extensive number of financial records, which will undoubtedly provide a road map of his criminal network and activity. The records could help reveal co-conspirators, enablers and unprosecuted financial crimes.

Earlier this month, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), ranking member of the Finance Committee, attempted to pass the Produce Epstein Treasury Records Act, which would compel the Treasury Department to turn over Epstein-related bank records to Congressional investigators. Republicans blocked the proposal.

Last year, Wyden requested the records several times but Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has repeatedly refused to turn them over, downplaying their significance.

According to a recorded Senate statement from July of 2025, the Biden administration allowed investigators to look at portions of the files in 2024 in the Treasury Building. They found that, “Treasury’s Epstein file details 4,725 wire transfers — adding up to nearly $1.1 billion flowing in and out of just one of Mr. Epstein’s bank accounts. Hundreds of millions more flowed through other accounts.” The statement added, “The file shows that Mr. Epstein used multiple Russian banks, which are now under sanctions, to process payments related to sex trafficking. A lot of the women and girls he targeted came from Russia, Belarus, Turkiye, and elsewhere.”

It’s worth it to note that the Trump administration has just announced it is easing restrictions on Russian oil exports as the war with Iran creates a global energy crisis. Scott Bessent, who has downplayed the significance of Epstein’s financial dealings, last week issued a 30-day waiver for India to buy Russian oil already at sea.

“We have sanctions on some countries, we are going to take those sanctions off until this straightens out,” said Trump when questioned about the sanctions. “And then who knows, maybe we won’t have to put them on because there will be so much peace.”

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A growing memorial to Jeffrey Epstein’s victims at the gates of Zorro Ranch

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez reopened an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous Zorro Ranch last month, more than six years after U.S. federal prosecutors shut it down. The decision was made after Torrez’s office reviewed U.S. Department of Justice information and found that “revelations outlined in the previously sealed FBI files warrant further examination.”

In July of 2019, NM Attorney General Hector Balderas announced an investigation into Epstein’s 7,600-acre ranch located 30 miles south of Santa Fe. The announcement came a week after Epstein was arrested in New York and charged with federal sex trafficking. Balderas said his office had interviewed possible Epstein victims who had visited Zorro Ranch and that he had been in touch with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York.

Federal prosecutors then asked Balderas to halt his office’s investigation into the ranch, which it did. Balderas said New Mexico provided police reports, recorded witness interviews and other investigative records to federal prosecutors in New York. His agency was told prosecutors didn’t want the “risks of parallel investigations creating inconsistent statements” that could potentially be exploited by defense attorneys.

At the time, Balderas said he understood N.Y. prosecutors would share relevant information with his office but frustratingly, cooperation between the two agencies “was a one-way relationship.” “We provided information to them to strengthen their prosecution,” said Balderas. “They were making the representation that they were going to prosecute with a multijurisdictional, multistate focus.”

The New Mexico investigative documents do not appear to be among the Epstein files released by the U.S. Department of Justice. “In light of the recent disclosures, I remain very concerned that they did not disclose or share more information that they had in their possession,” said Balderas of federal investigators, calling prosecutors’ unwillingness to work with state investigators “a tactical mistake.”

In 2020, Balderas’ office also sent a letter to federal prosecutors urging them to seize control of Zorro Ranch to preserve evidence, offering to assist with serving search warrants at the ranch. “We believe that this ranch was used by Epstein and others to facilitate the commission and prolonged concealment of his trafficking of children, such that seizure may be pursued in conjunction with the pending criminal prosecution of Epstein’s associates and co-conspirators,” stated the letter. Balderas said he never received a response and has no reason to believe prosecutors acted on the requests.

Current NM Attorney General Torrez has not received any correspondence from N.Y. federal prosecutors since he took office in January of 2023. That year Epstein’s estate sold the ranch to real estate mogul and current Texas Comptroller candidate Don Huffines for an undisclosed sum.

Zorro Ranch was valued at more than $21 million in 2023, according to Santa Fe County, but Huffines’ San Rafael Ranch LLC, the owner of record, filed a complaint in 2024 arguing for a tax reduction and alleging the property was only worth $9 million. The Santa Fe County Assessor reduced its value to $13.4 million later that year.

The ranch appears thousands of times in the Epstein files and was used to host an elite class of guests including former NM Governor Bill Richardson, Andrew Montbatten-Windsor, Woody Allen, Robert Redford, Reid Hoffman, Joi Ito and Peter Thiel.

In addition to the alleged sex trafficking horrors and eugenics and DNA experiments that took place at the ranch, the Epstein files also reveal that the dead pedophile had petroglyphs moved from areas of the property to the yard surrounding his nearly 30,000-square-foot mansion. The petroglyphs, estimated to be hundreds of years old, are part of a geological formation known as El Creston located on the ranch property.

“The destruction and removal of petroglyphs and cultural sites at Zorro Ranch is deeply troubling, yet not surprising considering what has come to light about Jeffrey Epstein,” said Joey Sanchez, chair of the All Pueblo Council of Governors. “These sites hold profound significance as part of the living history of the Pueblos across the Southwest, reflecting the enduring connection between our people and the land.”

As House Democrats call for Attorney General Pam Bondi’s impeachment over the handling of the Epstein files, it’s important to look at how and why the investigations have gotten so botched. Geoffrey Berman was the U.S. Attorney for the District of Southern New York who prosecuted Epstein. A Republican, Berman was appointed during President Trump’s first term until he was fired by Trump AG Bill Barr in 2020. He was replaced by his deputy, Audrey Strauss, who served into the Biden administration until 2021.

Strauss led the investigation and prosecution of Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell. Damian Williams then took over the position under Biden’s administration, followed by a series of acting directors. Trump appointed Jay Clayton to the position in April of 2025.

It would appear that not one of those federal prosecutors pursued the state of New Mexico’s evidence and reports related to Epstein and Zorro Ranch. Just as bi-partisan U.S. Attorney Generals and FBI directors have also failed to investigate what increasingly appears to be a massive global political coverup of organized crime, money laundering and drug and human trafficking.

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The U.S. Department of Justice is now facing calls from Republican Senators to release Epstein files with President Donald Trump’s name in them. The move comes a day after House Democrats called for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate Attorney General Pam Bondi for allegedly committing perjury during her February 11 testimony before the House Judiciary Committee when she said, “there is no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime.”

“Release the documents,” said Sen. John Kennedy (R-La), a member of the Judiciary Committee. “Redact the names of the victims. Don’t release photographs, naked or otherwise, of minors. Release the documents. This is not going to go away until there is full disclosure and the American people want to know, and they’re entitled to know, who if anyone, did Epstein traffic these women to … and why they weren’t prosecuted.”

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) all called for a full release of the files. Grassley said he has not yet made a decision on whether he will hold a hearing on the Justice Department’s compliance with the law.

The Epstein Files span at least five U.S. presidential administrations, and Democrats are finally calling for accountability. House Oversight Committee member Yassamin Ansari (D-Az) and Congressman Shri Thanedar (D-MI) have said they would introduce articles of impeachment against Attorney General Pam Bondi for engaging in an Epstein files coverup and weaponizing the DoJ to go after Trump’s political opponents, among other charges.

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, said Tuesday that former Attorney General Merrick Garland, who served under President Biden, should testify to Congress about the files.

“Why the Department of Justice under Merrick Garland, or others, weren’t forthcoming in what was actually in these files, I think is an important question that has to be answered,” said Garcia on CNN’s The Situation Room. “I’ve talked to [House Oversight Committee] Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), I think it’s important that we hear from Merrick Garland, and others, and former directors of the FBI and former attorneys general. That is an important part of this investigation.”

Hillary Clinton with Donald Trump and his sons Donald (left) and Eric during her years as First Lady. Credit: SARAH MERIANS

Epstein was first investigated for molesting an underage girl in March of 2005 by Palm Beach police. The FBI began their investigation in July of 2006. Alberto Gonzales was Attorney General at the time, under George W. Bush. Michael Mukasey subsequently served under Bush. Eric Holder then served under President Barack Obama, followed by Loretta Lynch. Jeff Sessions served as Trump’s first AG during his first term, followed by William Barr.

The FBI has also been aware of Epstein’s vast network of money laundering, political espionage and sex trafficking since 2006. Robert Mueller was FBI Director in 2006, having served since 2001 through Bush and Obama’s administrations. James Comey served both Obama and Trump, but was fired by Trump for his role in the Hillary Clinton email investigation. He was followed by Andrew McCabe, who was Acting Director for three months until he was also fired.

“The big picture is a tale of what can happen when law enforcement is politicized, public servants are attacked, and people who are supposed to cherish and protect our institutions become instruments for damaging those institutions and people,” McCabe said after he was fired in 2018.

He was replaced by Christopher Wray, who served both Trump and Biden until Kash Patel was appointed by Trump.

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An NPR investigation has found the U.S. Justice Department has withheld more than 50 pages of FBI interviews and notes from conversations with a woman who accused President Donald Trump of sexual abuse decades ago, when she was a minor. Some documents in which accusations against Epstein also mention Trump have also been removed from the public database.

“Yesterday, I reviewed unredacted evidence logs at the Department of Justice,” said Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif. and ranking member of the House Oversight Committee. “Oversight Democrats can confirm that the DOJ appears to have illegally withheld FBI interviews with this survivor who accused President Trump of heinous crimes.”

Democrats on the Oversight Committee are now investigating whether the DOJ purposefully withheld materials in the Epstein file release. Garcia said such an act would violate the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which was signed into law by Trump himself.

The allegations come as Trump prepares to deliver his State of the Union address this evening.

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