NCS host Erin Burnett was left speechless by Attorney General Pam Bondi’s efficiency on Capitol Hill.
Appearing earlier than the House Judiciary Committee for questioning, Bondi refused to apologize for how the Justice Department handled the release of the Epstein files, even when confronted by a bunch of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims who had been in attendance.
Instead, she grew to become visibly agitated and went on the assault, making an attempt to deflect by citing her predecessor, Merrick Garland. She additionally hurled insults at lawmakers, studying straight from a burn ebook, at one level shouting at rating committee member Jamie Raskin, “You don’t tell me anything, you washed-up loser lawyer!”
Responding to the footage on Wednesday evening, Burnett was visibly surprised, telling NCS reporter Paula Reid, “I mean… just incredible to watch all of that. As you said, 10 years of covering it, and just… wow. Sometimes there just aren’t words for the things we’re seeing these days.”
Bondi additionally accused Raskin of getting ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome,’ and screamed at him for not speaking in regards to the economic system.
“I don’t know why you’re laughing. You’re a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That’s what we should be talking about!” Bondi yelled.
She additionally grew to become irate after California Rep. Ted Lieu recommended that Bondi lied below oath when she mentioned there was no proof the president had dedicated any crimes throughout his friendship with Epstein, pointing to a tip-off acquired by the FBI with an uncorroborated allegation a couple of woman who claimed she had been raped by the president.
“There is no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime – everyone knows that. This has been the most transparent presidency,” Bondi mentioned.
“I believe you just lied under oath,” Lieu fired again, prompting Bondi to shout in response, “Don’t you ever accuse me of a crime!”
Bondi started her look on Capitol Hill with a gap assertion through which she acknowledged the victims of Epstein’s crimes, lots of whom had been current on the time.
“I am deeply sorry for what any victim, any victim, has been through, especially as a result of that monster,” Bondi mentioned.
However, when requested by Rep. Pramila Jayapal to acknowledge the survivors within the room who mentioned they’d been unable to fulfill with the Justice Department, Bondi declined to take action, as a substitute deflecting and making an attempt responsible Merrick Garland, who served as lawyer common below President Joe Biden.
“This is not about anybody who came before you. It is about you taking responsibility for your Department of Justice and the harm that it has done to the survivors who are standing right behind you and are waiting for you to turn to them and apologize for what your Department of Justice has done,” Jayapal fired again.
In addition to her opening assertion, Bondi got here ready with ready-made insults scrawled on flash playing cards, rebel GOP Rep. Thomas Massie revealed after the listening to.
“A funny thing about Bondi’s insults to members of Congress who had serious questions,” Massie wrote on X. “Staff literally gave her flash cards with individualized insults, but she couldn’t memorize them, so you can see her shuffle through them to find the flash-cards-insult that matches the member.”