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Democratic lawmakers move to impeach Pam Bondi aft 'fake' Epstein briefing

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Furious Democratic lawmakers person moved to impeach lawyer wide Pam Bondi aft stepping retired of a closed-door briefing astir nan Jeffrey Epstein files connected Wednesday.

California congressman Robert Garcia branded nan briefing “an outrageous clone hearing” aft Bondi refused to perpetrate to honoring a lawsuit to attest nether oath.

The committee voted to lawsuit Bondi earlier this month, pinch 5 Republicans joining Democrats to request that nan lawyer wide reply questions astir nan justness department’s nonaccomplishment to decently merchandise files from nan national investigations into Epstein.

“She is building a record,” Democratic typical Suhas Subramanyam, an Oversight Committee member, told Axios.

“She fundamentally group up a clone proceeding nether nan guise of a briefing, she has defied subpoenas that we’ve put retired already and past she has continued to beryllium evasive and combative pinch us.”

Pam Bondi and Todd Blanche aft nan closed-door briefing Photograph: Nathan Howard/Reuters

Representative Summer Lee said she had introduced impeachment articles “because [Bondi] has already been obstructing justice”. Lee is nan 2nd Democrat this period to present articles of impeachment against Bondi aft Shri Thanedar.

Democratic representatives Yassamin Ansari and Rashida Tlaib are co-sponsors, while Lateefah Simon indicated support for nan measure.

Bondi and lawman lawyer wide Todd Blanche went to Capitol Hill connected Wednesday to effort to quell bipartisan vexation complete nan justness department’s handling of millions of files related to Epstein’s activity trafficking investigation. But little than an hr into nan briefing, Democrats walked retired successful protestation of nan arrangement.

Speaking extracurricular nan proceeding room, Florida congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost said:

double quotation markWe asked her aggregate times, are you going to travel and speak pinch america nether oath? She would not opportunity yes. Filibuster, filibuster, filibuster, would not opportunity yes.

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