The US attorney general Pam Bondi attacked and insulted Democrats during a House judiciary committee hearing on Wednesday as she defended the justice department’s handling of files related to Jeffrey Epstein. When Raskin said he had warned Bondi about eating up time at the outset of the hearing, Bondi replied by yelling: “You don’t tell me anything. Zoe Lofgren, a California Democrat, pressed Bondi on the overly broad redactions on Wednesday, saying the justice department had lost credibility. In one message, for example, Epstein said Trump “knew about” the girls, but never got a massage. “Don’t you ever accuse me of committing a crime,” Bondi yelled back at Lieu.

Source: The Guardian February 12, 2026 14:56 UTC