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A lively exchange unfolded during a hearing when Democratic Representative Jerry Nadler from New York posed a challenging question.
Nadler highlighted the criminal charges that had been filed against New York Attorney General Letitia James, labeling it a “humiliation” for the Justice Department after it twice failed to secure indictments following the dismissal of those charges.
“It’s evident you targeted her solely because she held President Trump accountable,” Nadler asserted.
He then queried Bondi about the number of Jeffrey Epstein’s co-conspirators who have faced indictment, which led to a chaotic exchange.
Bondi countered by accusing Democrats of engaging in “theatrics” and preventing her from responding to their queries, claiming they “dislike the honest answers” she provides.
When Raskin, the committee’s top Democrat, jumped in to ensure Democrats had their full five minutes for questioning, Bondi retorted, “you don’t tell me anything, washed up, loser lawyer.”
With Nadler’s time expired, a GOP member gave Bondi time to respond. She launched into a fierce defense of Mr. Trump and said Democrats should apologize to the president for impeaching him twice during his first term.
“You sit here and you attack the president and I am not going to have it. I’m not going to put up with it,” she said.
Bondi said the Trump administration released more than 3 million pages of documents related to Epstein’s case and praised the president for signing into law the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The law, which passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, required the Justice Department to make the material public by Dec. 19.
“He is the most transparent president in the nation’s history,” the attorney general said.
Bondi then attacked Democrats for failing to ask Garland about Epstein and pivoted to talking about the stock market and the economy.