Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday ready to spar with Democrat members of the Committee and armed with a binder full of of negative and embarrassing information about them.
Bondi testified that the Department of Justice under her leadership is “ending the weaponization of justice” and “returning to our core mission of fighting real crime.”
While indicating there will be accountability for past abuses of power, Bondi emphasized that the Justice Department is focused now on tackling violent crime in cities like Washington D.C. and Memphis, rather than pursuing politically motivated investigations.
Bondi’s testimony came two weeks after the Justice Department indicted disgraced former FBI Director James Comey for lying to Congress, and days after President Trump deployed National Guard troops to Chicago, Illinois and Portland, Oregon.
The attorney general clashed with Senators. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and other Democrats throughout the contentious hearing.
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