This is not a good way to start off for Pam Bondi to be asked questions about the Epstein releases right at the beginning of her testimony. Rep Raskin starts off quietly, but it doesn’t last for long, and it’s her own damn fault. She deserves every line, every word. Well done, sir, well done. With indebtedness to Raw Story:
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) today delivered a scathing opening statement and directly criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi, accusing her of deliberately blocking the investigation into late financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Raskin, a ranking member, was one of several lawmakers questioning Bondi during a House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Capitol Hill. In a fiery speech, he demanded answers from Bondi about the Epstein files and investigation, and recent Department of Justice actions — reminding her that her clients are the American people — not President Donald Trump.
Oh, well said again, sir! Kudos to you for getting right to the point. Kudos to you for starting it off by demanding answers. And kudos to you for not backing down, for telling her she can’t dance around with inferences and should answer *NOW*. It’s about damn time someone came out and said “NO” to her nonsense right away, and that it was time for her to answer. We should be thrilled that someone in Congress *finally* forced the issue, because being nice had not gotten anywhere. We can hope that someone pushes her on that “flubbed” most recent drop that exposed victims, not the people who were victimized. We do not and *should* not treat this as a mistake that protects the abusers, not the victims.
“Now, you’re not showing a lot of interest in the victims, madam attorney general, whether it’s Epstein’s human trafficking ring or the homicidal governmental violence against citizens in Minneapolis, as attorney general, you’re siding with the perpetrators and you’re ignoring the victims that will be your legacy unless you act quickly to change course,” Raskin said.
“Some of the victims had come forward publicly, but many had not,” Raskin said. “Many had kept their torment private even from family and friends. But you published their names, their identities, their images on thousands of pages for the world to see. So you ignored the law. And even with over 100,000 employees at your disposal, you acted with some mixture of staggering incompetence, cold indifference, and jaded cruelty towards more than 1,000 victims raped, abused, and trafficked. This performance screams cover-up.”
Hooohaaa Rep Raskin, stay there with the figurative flamethrower!! She’s going to have a much harder time meeting with the House Judiciary Committee than the Senate hearing, or so it seems. One would think *everyone* is tired of her … nonsense. (But apparently not.) She’s going to be really defensive after this because the ground has shifted under her feet, and she may not get it back. Oooo, that’s a lovely thought.
“There’s no sign of any movement at the Department of Justice,” Raskin said. “You even launched a criminal investigation into Renee Good’s grieving widow. How sick is that? But it’s even worse. You’ve turned the people’s Department of Justice into Trump’s instrument of revenge. Trump orders up prosecutions like pizza, and you deliver every time.”
His last comment was a stark warning for Bondi. “So we ask you politely but firmly, Madam Attorney General, please do not waste one second of our precious time by evading questions, by changing the subject, or engaging in personal attacks against members of Congress. We saw your performance in the Senate, and we’re not going to accept that this isn’t a game,” Raskin said. “The Senate, you brought something with you, you called a burn book, a binder of smears to attack members personally for doing the people’s work of oversight. Please set the burn book aside and answer our questions.”
Oh, my, to be able to speak like that is really something. There is more to the article if you want to see it. It seems Pam Blondi has been put on notice that she can’t BS her way out of this one. Well, we hope she can’t. But there is at least one person on the committee who sees through her. We can expect it to remain so. But our question still remains: will they get any actual information? Let’s hope!
Friends, I know everyone begs you for money. I promise that among all those asking for spare change, we are the smallest and the hardest-working. We’re a group of old, disabled people, except for one writer in his mid-50s. The rest of us are in our sixties and seventies, and this is a labor of love. All we’re asking for is the chance to keep telling the truth about Trump and help ensure democracy survives. If you can help, please do. Thank you. Ursula
Did ya watch any of it? She deflected. Why? Because 47 was questioning keeping her on as AG. She played to a party of one and play she did. Evil.
No, I did not watch because I would have been screaming at the tv and that’s pointless. I guess it was a waste of time, then. DAMN.
“Acted with some mixture of staggering incompetence, cold indifference, and jaded cruelty.”
So typical republican then.
Yes, typical Republican. I’m sad we’re going to lose the good ones. If we could only get rid of Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz. I’m somewhere between detest and hate on those two. This subservience to Trump makes me crazy (not that I’m not crazy already….)