Sen. Mike Lee has been mentioned as a possible nominee to replace Pam Bondi as attorney general of the United States.
If this were to occur, Sen. Lee would be subject to confirmation hearings before the Senate. The two questions I would most like Sen. Lee to be asked are:
(1) In November 2025, the House, by a vote of 427-1, and the Senate, by unanimous consent, passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R. 4405). President Trump signed the bill into law on November 19, 2025. Under former Attorney General Pam Bondi, the Justice Department has failed to comply. As attorney general, will you commit to full compliance of the act and release all of the Epstein files, with appropriate protections for Mr. Epstein’s victims?
(2) In 2016, while President Obama was still in office, you began the Article One Project, which advocated limiting executive branch powers and reclaiming congressional authority. In 2023, while President Biden was in office, you co-sponsored, with Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, the Article One Act, which, by its own description, aimed to stop delegation of legislative authority to the executive branch, and “restore the constitutional balance of power.” Yet since Jan. 20, 2025, you have not only acquiesced to, but have been supportive of, the most expansive view of executive branch power in our nation’s history and the virtual ignoring of Congress by President Trump. Can you please explain the recent transformation in your views on the separation of powers as expressed in the Constitution?
Ira Rubinfeld, Springdale