"WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Pam Bondi launched into a passionate defense of President Donald Trump Wednesday as she tried to turn the page from relentless criticism of the Justice Department's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, repeatedly shouting at Democrats during a combative hearing in which she postured herself as the Republican president's chief protector."
"Besieged by questions over Epstein and accusations of a weaponized Justice Department, Bondi aggressively pivoted in an extraordinary speech in which she mocked her Democratic questioners, praised Trump over the performance of the stock market and openly aligned herself as in sync with a president whom she painted as a victim of past impeachments and investigations."
""You sit here and you attack the president and I'm not going to have it," Bondi told lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee. "I am not going to put up with it.""
Pam Bondi launched a forceful, vocal defense of President Donald Trump during a combative House Judiciary Committee hearing. Bondi shouted at Democrats and positioned herself as the president's protector while facing scrutiny over the Justice Department's handling of Jeffrey Epstein files. She accused Democrats of using the Epstein records to distract from Trump's successes and highlighted the stock market as evidence of those successes. Victims of Epstein sat behind her as she defended the department's actions and noted that Republicans initially raised concerns, including her own distribution of binders to conservative influencers. The hearing devolved into partisan exchanges and personal insults.
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