Democrats accuse Bondi of Epstein files coverup, demand special investigation - Salon.com
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AG Bondi Faces Perjury Probe PushReps. Ted Lieu and Dan Goldman asked Deputy AG Todd Blanche on Feb. 25 to appoint a special counsel after Bondi's Feb. 11 testimony.
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- Two House Judiciary Committee members, Reps. Ted Lieu and Dan Goldman, requested a special counsel to investigate Attorney General Pam Bondi for alleged perjury concerning President Trump in the Epstein files.
- Their letter to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche accuses Bondi of falsely stating there is no evidence Trump committed a crime and urges immediate appointment of a special counsel.
- At a Feb. 11 hearing Lieu displayed video of Trump and Epstein at a party and presented a document containing a limo driver's tip to the FBI's national threat operation center.
- An NPR investigation found that several documents, including the limo driver's tip, were removed or withheld from the public database.
America cannot have a liar and a criminal as our top law enforcement officer.— From a letter signed by Rep. Ted Lieu and Rep. Dan Goldman, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee, calling for a special counsel to investigate Attorney General Bondi for perjury.
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