"During her opening remarks, Bondi echoed conservative claims that President Joe Biden's Justice Department, which brought two criminal cases against Trump, was the one that weaponized the law enforcement agency even though some of its most high-profile probes concerned the Democratic president and his son. Bondi pointed to revelations from a day earlier that the FBI had analyzed phone records of several Republican lawmakers as part of an investigation into Trump's efforts to undo the results of his election loss to Biden in 2020."
""They were playing politics with law enforcement powers and will go down as a historic betrayal of public trust," Bondi said. "This is the kind of conduct that shatters the American people's faith in our law enforcement system. We will work to earn that back every single day.""
"The testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee comes just ahead of former FBI Director James Comey's first court appearance following an indictment that has deepened concerns that the department is being used to seek vengeance against the Republican president's political opponents."
Attorney General Pam Bondi defended her actions at a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing and accused the Biden Justice Department of weaponizing law enforcement. Bondi cited FBI analysis of phone records of several Republican lawmakers tied to an investigation of efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. Bondi characterized such conduct as a historic betrayal of public trust that erodes faith in the law enforcement system and pledged to restore that trust. The hearing occurs as former FBI Director James Comey faces a court appearance and as federal law enforcement increases operations in multiple cities.
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