US lawmakers have said that redactions in the Epstein material released by the Justice Department appear to go beyond the exemptions allowed under a law passed last year.

A Republican U.S. lawmaker on Wednesday accused Attorney General Pam Bondi of concealing the names of powerful associates of the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as she faced questions ‌about the Justice Department's handling of investigative files in a charged hearing before a House of Representatives panel. Representative…