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The DOJ is blocking the release of a memo related to a DEA investigation into sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and 14 co-conspirators. And AG Attorney Pam Bondi has added more evidence to the idea that the DOJ is engaged in covering up the relationship between members of the Trump administration, including the president himself, and Epstein. On March 18, Bondi and Deputy AG Todd Blanche appeared at another performative Epstein “briefing” in a closed-door hearing before the House Oversight Committee. Where they were not under oath. Bondi was asked multiple times if she would comply with a bipartisan subpoena to appear and testify, under oath, on April 14. She refused to commit. Briefings where Trump administration officials are allowed to bob and weave and spew canned talking points in lieu of answering direct questions is not a substitute for forcing the truth from people under oath. Pushing back on Republican colleagues who argued that the “briefing” should be enough, a Democratic Rep pointed out why it was necessary that she be forced to testify under oath. “We want her under oath because we do not trust her. Why don’t we trust her? Because she’s a liar.” “We want her under oath because she has shown that she is involved in a cover up…. So we see this for what it is. This is not a briefing; a briefing is when we sit down and we’re getting information from the person giving the briefing. That didn’t happen here. She sat down, they started the clock like a hearing. It’s a hearing. It is a fake deposition, where no one can see what’s going on, with zero transcription, where it’s not on C-Span or anything, and where no one is under oath, and they are allowed to freely lie to members of Congress.” He noted that in the recent hearing before the House Judiciary Committee about the files, Bondi’s documents revealed the DOJ is keeping track of what documents members of Congress are reading. He also noted the DOJ has put up documents related to Trump only when investigators called out that they were missing. The GOP Congress is complicit in the Epstein cover-up. Once again they are aiding and abetting the administration in order to avoid the truth coming out. We the people continue to ask, why? Why so much effort to protect sexual predators? Of all the myriad of things you’ve rolled over for, this has got to be the most incomprehensible and morally heinous.