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6 days agoBondi Bombs on Capitol Hill
Pam Bondi's congressional testimony devolved into angry outbursts, repeated pivots to the stock market, and increased scrutiny of DOJ handling of Epstein files.
Bill Barr [] Merrick Garland, Bush, Obama, all of them, they all failed. They all failed! Which is why we re-elected Donald Trump in part, to fix this problem, and now it's on your plate, Pam Bondi. You took that in by taking this job, said Higbie during a monologue on his show Carl Higbie Frontline. No doubt, Pam Bondi, you drew the short straw [] But that's the job.
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