"US Attorney General Pam Bondi launched into a passionate defence of Donald Trump on 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 weaponised 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." With victims of Epstein seated behind her in the hearing room, Bondi forcefully defended the department's handling of the files related to the well-connected financier, an issue that has dogged her tenure."
Pam Bondi testified before the House Judiciary Committee, defending Donald Trump and the Justice Department's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Bondi repeatedly shouted at Democratic lawmakers and mocked questioners while presenting herself as the Republican president's chief protector. She accused Democrats of using Epstein records to distract from Trump's successes and praised the president's economic record. Bondi faced criticism for previously distributing binders about the records to conservative influencers, and victims of Epstein were seated in the hearing room as she defended the department. The hearing devolved into a partisan confrontation with frequent insults exchanged.
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