House Democrats are demanding the Department of Justice cease tracking lawmakers' review of unredacted files related to Jeffrey Epstein, while the Department of Homeland Security is requesting social media companies reveal the identities of users who post anti-ICE content. These developments come as a partial government shutdown has begun and a conservative senator launched a tipline to report concerns about illegal immigrant drivers.
According to ABC News, a trio of House Democrats, including Representatives Jamie Raskin, Pramila Jayapal, and Robert Garcia, sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday. They urged the Justice Department to "develop a new protocol" to allow members to "meaningfully" review the "fully unredacted documents." Jayapal, who sits on the House Judiciary Committee, has accused Bondi of "spying" on her search history.
Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security is expanding its efforts to identify Americans who oppose Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The agency is sending legal requests to tech companies, including Google, Reddit, Discord, and Meta, seeking the names, email addresses, telephone numbers, and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize the agency, according to the NY Times. Government officials and tech employees, speaking anonymously, confirmed that Google, Meta, and Reddit have complied with some of the requests.
The government entered a partial shutdown at midnight Friday after Congress failed to reach a funding deal, as reported by Fox News. The deadline to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) came with complications. Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., told Fox News Digital, "It's absurd, I hope the American people are paying attention."
In other news, Senator Jim Banks, R-Ind., launched a "TruckSafe Tipline" to allow truckers to share concerns about illegal immigrants on U.S. roads, according to Fox News. Banks stated that "Hoosiers are getting killed because drivers who shouldn't be here in the first place are behind the wheel."
In unrelated news, Gisèle Pelicot, the woman at the center of France's largest rape trial, told BBC Newsnight she was "crushed by horror" upon discovering her husband's crimes. She described the moment she realized the scale of her husband's actions as "like a tsunami."
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