{"id":47239,"date":"2026-03-18T11:37:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T18:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=47239"},"modified":"2026-03-18T11:38:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T18:38:00","slug":"summer-lee-introduces-impeachment-articles-accusing-bondi-of-breaking-the-law-to-protect-trump-target-opponents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/summer-lee-introduces-impeachment-articles-accusing-bondi-of-breaking-the-law-to-protect-trump-target-opponents\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Lee Introduces Impeachment Articles Accusing Bondi of \u2018Breaking the Law\u2019 to Protect Trump, Target Opponents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/president-trump-and-first-lady-melania-trump-host-women-s-history-month-event-at-the-white-house.jpg?id=65307592&amp;width=1200&amp;height=400&amp;quality=70&amp;coordinates=0%2C404%2C0%2C263\" alt=\"President Trump And First Lady Melania Trump Host Women's History Month Event At The White House\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>US Attorney General Pam Bondi attends a Women\u2019s History Month event in the East Room of the White House on March 12, 2026 in Washington, DC.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cWe live in a country where we have one reality for everyday people and another for the rich, the well-connected, and the well-protected,\u201d Lee said. \u201cAnd that cannot continue to be our reality.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/stephen-prager\">Stephen Prager<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mar 17, 2026 (CommonDreams.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Democratic Rep. Summer Lee introduced&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/summerlee.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/summerlee.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/rep-summer-lee-articles-of-impeachment-againt-pam-bondi.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">articles<\/a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/impeachment\">impeachment<\/a>&nbsp;against US Attorney General&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/pam-bondi\">Pam Bondi<\/a>&nbsp;on Tuesday and accused the nation\u2019s top prosecutor of \u201cbreaking the law to protect pedophiles\u201d and prosecute President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cpolitical opponents.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe live in a country where we have one reality for everyday people and another for the rich, the well-connected, and the well-protected. And that cannot continue to be our reality,\u201d Lee (D-Pa.) said in a video posted to her&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/social-media\">social media<\/a>&nbsp;on Tuesday announcing the articles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RECOMMENDED&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/trump-sex-assault-child\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/attorney-general-pam-bondi-testifies-during-house-judiciary-hearing-on-capitol-hill.jpg?id=65007310&amp;width=1200&amp;height=1200&amp;quality=70&amp;coordinates=833%2C0%2C834%2C0\" alt=\"Attorney General Pam Bondi Testifies During House Judiciary Hearing On Capitol Hill\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/trump-sex-assault-child\">DOJ Under Fire for Withholding Epstein Files Related to Alleged Trump Child Sex Assault<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/impeach-trump-iran-war\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/anti-trump-demonstration-in-turkey-after-us-attack-on-iran.jpg?id=65102933&amp;width=1200&amp;height=1200&amp;quality=70&amp;coordinates=333%2C0%2C333%2C0\" alt=\"Anti-Trump demonstration in Turkey after US Attack on Iran\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/impeach-trump-iran-war\">Call Grows to Impeach Trump, \u2018The Most Dangerous Man on the Planet\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Two of the five articles pertain to Bondi\u2019s conduct surrounding the Department of Justice\u2019s (DOJ) release of files related to the late billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which the DOJ has been accused of covering up to protect Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One article accuses Bondi of obstruction of Congress for failing to comply with a\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025.08.05-Subpoena-and-Schedule-to-DOJ.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">subpoena<\/a>\u00a0in July 2025, which required the DOJ to release the full, unredacted files to the House Oversight Committee in August as part of a congressional inquiry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I just introduced articles of impeachment against Pam Bondi.<br><br>It&#39;s time we hold powerful people accountable when they break the law, no matter their title, their political party, or how rich they are. <br><br>Thank you to the constitutional experts at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FSFP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FSFP<\/a> for drafting these with us. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bb45OCH7gL\">pic.twitter.com\/bb45OCH7gL<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rep. Summer Lee (@RepSummerLee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepSummerLee\/status\/2033922160671023124?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/department-of-justice\">Department of Justice<\/a>&nbsp;refused to adhere to the subpoena and withheld substantial evidence; evidence logs indicate that amongst the withheld evidence are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/fbi\">FBI<\/a>&nbsp;interviews with a survivor who&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/trump-sex-assault-child\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accused<\/a>&nbsp;Trump of sexual abuse,\u201d the article reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In February, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee announced that they were investigating the DOJ\u2019s handling of an accusation made against Trump to the FBI in 2019. A woman accused the president of having sexually assaulted her at the age of 13 in the 1980s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another impeachment article accuses Bondi of violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act (EFTA), signed into law in November, which required the DOJ to release \u201call unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials\u201d pertaining to the Epstein case without redacting information to protect powerful figures from embarrassment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DOJ missed the December 19 deadline to release the files and has since released only about 3 million pages of documents as part of its \u201cfinal\u201d trove, while millions more remain unavailable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pages that have been released, the article says, \u201cwere heavily redacted\u201d to scrub the names of Trump and other powerful figures, but sensitive information about many of Epstein\u2019s victims\u2014including identifying details and nude photographs\u2014was released, even though the law said redacting this information was permitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, it says the DOJ \u201ccontinues to withhold documents,\u201d including FBI interviews with the Trump accuser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three of four memos detailing the interviews with the accuser were&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/03\/05\/donald-trump-epstein-files-allegations-00816123\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted<\/a>&nbsp;to the DOJ website in March. They include the victim\u2019s graphic claims that Trump hit her after she bit his penis when he attempted to force her to perform oral sex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump has denied the allegations, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/white-house\">White House<\/a>&nbsp;Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has called the alleged victim \u201cdisturbed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Approximately 37 pages of FBI records related to the accusation, including the fourth memo and pages of agent notes, remain&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.senate.gov\/news\/release\/as-doj-continues-to-withhold-epstein-files-about-accusations-against-trump-whitehouse-demands-that-doj-follow-the-law-and-preserve-all-related-documents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unreleased<\/a>&nbsp;to the public, according to Sen.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/sheldon-whitehouse\">Sheldon Whitehouse<\/a>&nbsp;(D-RI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPam Bondi is complicit in the most egregious cover-up in American history, hiding documents that reveal a young woman reported being sexually assaulted by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&nbsp;when she was just a minor,\u201d said Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.), a cosponsor of Lee\u2019s impeachment articles. \u201cBondi\u2019s actions are not only disgusting and wrong. They are also illegal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another article accuses Bondi of having \u201cabused\u201d the DOJ and FBI\u2019s powers in a partisan fashion\u2014to target Trump\u2019s enemies and shield his friends from accountability. It also cites Bondi\u2019s attempts to criminalize protesters who express anti-Trump viewpoints by designating them as \u201cdomestic terrorism threats\u201d and creating&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/pam-bondi-doj-memo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">secretive lists<\/a>&nbsp;of organizations and individuals to be targeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bondi is also accused of misleading courts on several occasions\u2014including in the cases against former&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/opinion\/comey-indictment-weaponization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FBI Director James Comey<\/a>&nbsp;and the Salvadoran national&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/10\/27\/pam-bondi-kristi-noem-comments-kilmar-abrego-garcia-00624342\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kilmar \u00c1brego Garc\u00eda<\/a>&nbsp;and says she presented \u201cdemonstrably false allegations in court to support baseless prosecutions against protesters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She is also accused of perjury before Congress during her confirmation hearing, where she pledged not to politicize her office or\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/fbi-journalist\" target=\"_blank\">target journalists<\/a>. It also accused her of lying during last month\u2019s contentious hearing in which she claimed that there was \u201cno evidence\u201d in the Epstein files \u201cthat\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0has committed a crime.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Rep. Ted Lieu: I believe you just lied under oath.<br><br>Pam Bondi: Don\u2019t you ever accuse me of a crime. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HhFozbAdu5\">pic.twitter.com\/HhFozbAdu5<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Leading Report (@LeadingReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeadingReport\/status\/2021656470245576882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>No US attorney general has ever been impeached by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/us-house\">US House<\/a>, which requires a simple majority. Trump was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/views\/2021\/02\/17\/truth-trial-trumps-second-impeachment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">impeached<\/a>&nbsp;twice by a Democratic-controlled House during his first term of office, though neither resulted in a conviction in the Senate, which requires a two-thirds majority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem had articles of impeachment&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/kristi-noem-impeachment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">filed<\/a>&nbsp;against her in January by more than 80&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/Politics\/democrats-grapple-rising-clamor-trump-impeachment-ahead-midterms\/story?id=129291674\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cosponsors<\/a>&nbsp;following the shooting of two US citizens by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/immigration\">immigration<\/a>&nbsp;agents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this month, Noem became the highest-ranking Trump official to be&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/kristi-noem-fired\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fired<\/a>&nbsp;in his second term, and earlier this week, Democrats on the House and Senate Judiciary Committees&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/kristi-noem-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">referred<\/a>&nbsp;her to the DOJ for prosecution, also for perjury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to Ansari, Lee\u2019s impeachment articles against Bondi are cosponsored by Reps. Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Dave Min (D-Calif.),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/rashida-tlaib\">Rashida Tlaib<\/a>&nbsp;(D-Mich.), and Maxine Dexter (D-Ore.). Previous articles of impeachment against Bondi have been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thanedar.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/congressman-shri-thanedar-introduces-articles-of-impeachment-against-attorney-general-pam-bondi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">introduced<\/a>&nbsp;by Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee emphasized that while Bondi \u201cdeserves to be held accountable,\u201d this \u201cis also about what we want our government to be, and who we want it to work for.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is our chance to get justice,\u201d Lee said, \u201cto hold people accountable who, time and again, have gotten away with screwing us over.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our work is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Feel free to republish and share widely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/stephen-prager\">Stephen Prager<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stephen Prager is a staff writer for Common Dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/stephen-prager\">Full Bio &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Attorney General Pam Bondi attends a Women\u2019s History Month event in the East Room of the White House on March 12, 2026 in Washington, DC.&nbsp; (Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images) \u201cWe live in a country where we have one reality for everyday people and another for the rich, the&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/summer-lee-introduces-impeachment-articles-accusing-bondi-of-breaking-the-law-to-protect-trump-target-opponents\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47239"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47239"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47240,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47239\/revisions\/47240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}