GOP rep confirms Trump DOJ spying on members of Congress

President Donald Trump's Department of Justice (DOJ) is apparently keeping close tabs on members of Congress who are reading unredacted Jeffrey Epstein documents. That apparently even includes Republicans.

On Wednesday, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) – who is not running for another term this fall — posted to her official X account that she "will confirm" the DOJ is actively surveilling members of Congress perusing the Epstein files.

"I was able to navigate the system today and I won't disclose how or the nature of how; but confirmed the DOJ is tagging ALL DOCUMENTS Members of Congress search, open and review," Mace tweeted. "Based on how I confirmed this, there are timestamps associated with this tracking."

"I'm probably the last person you want in your software," she added.

Mace's post comes on the same day Attorney General Pam Bondi sat for several hours of questions from the House Judiciary Committee. CNBC reported that during the hearing, a photographer captured an image of notes Bondi had at her desk. One document Bondi had in a folder read "Jayapal Pramila Search History," suggesting the DOJ was keeping track of what documents Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) was reading when she looked through the Epstein files this week. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), who is the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, told journalist Pablo Manriquez that he "had reason to believe [DOJ surveillance] was happening to everyone."

"It is a violation of the separation of powers for them to essentially be monitoring our computer searches on the Epstein files," he said. "It’s outrageous, Orwellian, and we’re going to have more to say about it soon."

Members of Congress were able to start reading through unredacted Epstein documents earlier this week. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who co-authored the Epstein Files Transparency Act, accused the DOJ of protecting Epstein's alleged co-conspirators. He later named six men who may have committed crimes with Epstein whose names were redacted in the DOJ latest batch of files.

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