LOOP: Lawmakers threaten Bondi with contempt

The LOOP MONDAY DECEMBER 22 LAWMAKERS THREATEN BONDI WITH CONTEMPT  Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie say Attorney General Pam Bondi could face "inherent contempt" for releasing heavily redacted and incomplete Epstein files. The bipartisan lawmakers argue the Justice Department failed to comply with a transparency law they co-sponsored requiring fuller disclosure. 

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