U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi reacts as she leaves during a recess on the day she testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Justice Department, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 11, 2026. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura
President Donald Trump's Department of Justice just did something laughable as they try to clean up the mess that Attorney General Pam Bondi made last week, according to one House Democrat.
On Saturday, Bondi sent a letter to lawmakers in Congress stating that the government has released "all" files related to the Epstein Transparency Act, a bipartisan piece of legislation that requires the Trump administration to release all Epstein-related files in its possession. That letter included a list of 300 high-profile names linked to Epstein, such as Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and the famous musician Bruce Springsteen, who has spoken out forcefully against the Trump administration.
However, buried in that list of names are a few folks who were dead for decades before Epstein began his heinous crimes, such as Marilyn Monroe and Janis Joplin. The inclusion of those names was surprising and, to Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), downright laughable.
"Those people have been quitedead, and if they are stillalive, I'm scared," Kamlanger-Dove told MS NOW's Alex Witt on Sunday. "What it shows is that this is part of a massive cover-up, and that Attorney General Pam Bondi is working on behalf of Donald Trump and not the American people."
"It also does not clarify the fact that what's in the files includes emails from Jeffrey Epstein, sometimes memorializing things to himself, articles, and other documents," she continued. "So there's no context for anyof the names that have beenreleased. And once again, I think it is to muddy the waters to essentially say, well, Donald Trump is in him, but so is Marilyn Monroe, so it can't be all bad."
Last week, Bondi appeared before the House Oversight Committee under the pretense of answering questions about her agency's handling of the Epstein files. The hearing turned into a politically theatrical shouting match between the Attorney General and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, which Kamlanger-Dove said is further evidence of a cover-up.
"Ultimately,this is about an internationalhuman trafficking ring wheregirls and some boys wereexploited," she said. "And we want to getto the bottom of why there havebeen no prosecutions and whythis Attorney General is notprosecuting predators."