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Pam Bondi refuses to answer 7 alarming questions while hysterically
screaming at senators


Trump DEI appointee Pam Bondi was grilled during a U.S. Senate hearing on Tuesday.

Bondi was questioned by the Senate Judiciary Committee about increasing concerns about the Department of Justice being politically influenced by
the Trump administration. During the contentious senate hearing Bondi
refused to answer questions about various controversial topics.


When asked by Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin about who gave the order to flag records related to U.S. President Donald TrumpAs name in the Epstein file, Bondi gave a curt response.

oIAm not going to discuss anything about that with you, senator,o she said.

Regarding a question asked if lobbyists have met with BondiAs opolitical deputies" regarding a Ticketmaster court case, BondiAs response was, oAs I stated earlier, I am not going to discuss anything that is ongoing,o she
said.


Sen. Chris Coons raised concerns about the legality of boat strikes that
the U.S. government had deemed as cartel members.

oIAm deeply concerned about the authority our president seems to be
asserting to summarily kill people suspected of criminal activity outside
the law,o Coons said.


oHow did you conclude that these strikes on ships or boats in the open
ocean are legal?o Coons said.

Bondi responded in a similar manner to her previously answered questions.
oIAm not going to discuss any legal advice that my department may or may
not have given or issued at the direction of the president on this matter,o she said.

Bondi also refused to answer Minnesota Democrat, Sen. Amy KlobucharAs
question about if she was directed by the White House to prosecute former
FBI director James Comey.

Bondi's evasiveness did not go unnoticed on social media.

"Pam Bondi out here acting like the ocean is a suggestion box. Newsflash:
your job is to answer, not perform evasive gymnastics," one person wrote on
X.

Another person wrote on X: "She's acting like a criminal defendant, not the Attorney General of the United States."


BondiAs questioning follows recent unprecedented criminal charges on one of TrumpAs biggest perceived foes, former FBI director James Comey.

On Thursday the DOJ criminally charged Comey in a case filed just days
after Trump's Truth Social Post -cross posted on X,- in which he appeared
to urge Bondi to prosecute Comey, oAdam aShiftyA Schiff, and Leticia,oA ( Leticia referring to New York Attorney General Leticia James).

Trump also referred to U.S. Attorney Erik Siebert of the Eastern District
of Virginia as a oowoke Rhino, who was never going to do the job.o Siebert resigned on Sept. 12, among pressure from the Trump administration to bring
a criminal case against AG James, ABC News reports.

He added that he ofiredo the attorney and that he is lying about quitting
his position.

oWe canAt delay any longer, itAs killing our reputation and credibility,o Trump continued, in reference to likely getting retribution for being twice impeached and indicted five times.


Comey is set to make his first court appearance on Wednesday in the case, which was brought despite career prosecutorsA reservations about the
strength of evidence, after the Trump administration raced to install a new prosecutor to secure the charges following the resignation under pressure
of the experienced leader of that office.

The Justice Department under Bondi has opened criminal investigations into other vocal critics of the president, including Andrew Cuomo, Schiff, and James the former New York governor and current mayoral candidate. Cuomo, as well as Schiff and James, have all denied wrongdoing, as has Comey, and
have slammed the investigations as politically motivated.



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