This Did NOT Go Well...

[00:00:00] Now again, not everything that Pam Bondi [00:00:01] said is wrong. I think some of the [00:00:04] things she said were right, but as per [00:00:07] our usual arrangements, many of the [00:00:08] things that were right were obscured by [00:00:09] the things that were wrong. So there's a [00:00:11] bit of good Bondi, bad Bondi going on [00:00:12] yesterday. So Pam Bondi was asked about [00:00:14] the idea that Trump was was covering [00:00:16] things up with regard to the Epstein [00:00:18] case. And she said, "President Trump has [00:00:20] been the most transparent president in [00:00:21] history, vomiting out all this [00:00:22] information into public." That that is [00:00:24] true. [00:00:27] >> The American people need to know this. [00:00:29] They are talking about Epstein today. [00:00:31] This has been around since the Obama [00:00:34] administration. This administration [00:00:37] released over three million pages of [00:00:40] documents. Over three million. And [00:00:43] Donald Trump signed that law to release [00:00:46] all of those documents. He is the most [00:00:49] transparent president in the nation's [00:00:53] history. [00:00:55] Now again, I don't know that he's the [00:00:56] most transparent president in all of [00:00:58] American history, although there's a [00:00:59] case to be made that that given the fact [00:01:00] that his thoughts are constantly in the [00:01:02] public view and he talks to the press [00:01:03] all the time. That that's that that's [00:01:05] the case. The manner that she says this [00:01:08] stuff matters. However, remember when I [00:01:09] said calm and cool and collected, making [00:01:13] people feel a sense of steadiness, [00:01:16] uh that that is not what what is [00:01:17] happening right there. So even the [00:01:19] content that she's delivering that I [00:01:20] think is is largely true is being [00:01:22] delivered in a a non useful fashion in [00:01:25] non-utilitarian fashion. Representative [00:01:28] Jerry Nadler, who is again, I I've [00:01:29] appeared in front of this committee. I [00:01:30] mean, I I I know a lot of the people on [00:01:32] this committee, Representative Jerry [00:01:34] Nadler, was going after her on Russia [00:01:36] and she went after him on the Russian [00:01:38] collusion hoax. And again, what she's [00:01:41] saying here is not wrong. It's just that [00:01:42] the way she says it is so performative [00:01:44] that it sort of undercuts the point [00:01:45] she's making. [00:01:47] >> First, he brought up the president [00:01:50] saying, "They indicted me twice. They [00:01:52] sure did. They tried to impeach him [00:01:54] twice and you, Mr. Nadler, were one of [00:01:57] the leads on the impeachment. I was on [00:01:59] the other side. I lived that with you. [00:02:01] During impeachment, you said the [00:02:03] president conspired, sought foreign [00:02:06] interference in the 2016 election. [00:02:09] Robert Mueller found no evidence, none, [00:02:12] of foreign interference in 2016. Have [00:02:15] you apologized to President Trump? Have [00:02:18] you apologized to President Trump? All [00:02:20] of you who participated in those [00:02:22] impeachment hearings against Donald [00:02:24] Trump, you all should be apologizing. [00:02:29] >> Again, performative, performative, [00:02:31] performative. I I don't disagree with [00:02:33] the stuff she's saying, but the [00:02:34] performative nature of it does not make [00:02:36] the American people feel as though there [00:02:38] is a professional in charge of the [00:02:39] Justice Department. [00:02:42] So, Eric Swallwell questioned her. Eric [00:02:44] Wallwa, man. That dude, the the [00:02:46] representative from California who wants [00:02:48] to run for governor over there. He uh he [00:02:51] asked her about political violence and [00:02:52] here was her response. [00:02:55] Congressman, I completely agree with [00:02:56] you. Uh I I know about several of those [00:03:00] personally involving you. Um I believe [00:03:04] one has been charged publicly and [00:03:07] there's something I would be happy to [00:03:09] talk to you about um off camera. Um, but [00:03:12] I can assure you that they are very [00:03:14] serious. They are being looked into. And [00:03:17] I I can give you more details on those. [00:03:19] None of you should be threatened ever. [00:03:22] None of your children should be [00:03:24] threatened. None of your families should [00:03:26] be threatened. And I will work with you [00:03:29] can come into my office any day. I will [00:03:31] work with all of you on both sides of [00:03:33] the aisle if you are ever threatened. [00:03:35] And and I would glad I'll gladly talk to [00:03:37] you after this hearing about your cases. [00:03:41] Okay, so again, this is actually like [00:03:42] the high point of her testimony. Then we [00:03:44] got to the stuff that was really the [00:03:45] problem. So, as I said before, when it [00:03:48] came to the revelation of what exactly [00:03:50] the DOJ was doing on Epstein, I I know [00:03:53] for a fact from people who were in the [00:03:54] DOJ at the time, there needed to be the [00:03:56] DOJ, the FBI, there needed to be a [00:03:59] fullscale explanation with full Q&A with [00:04:02] the revelation of particular documents [00:04:03] to demonstrate why the DOJ was doing [00:04:05] what it was doing. That's a thing that [00:04:07] needed to happen. [00:04:09] So when you show up, you should at least [00:04:11] be able to do that in sort of a calm, [00:04:13] collected fashion. This is again why I [00:04:15] think that William Bar, who was AG under [00:04:16] President Trump the first time, Bill [00:04:18] Barr, was a very good AG. I do not think [00:04:20] the same of Pampond. I do not think she [00:04:22] is good at her job. 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So she was [00:05:41] was asked about Epstein and she promptly [00:05:45] started doing a cable news spot about [00:05:48] how no one should ever mention Epste [00:05:50] again. they should only talk about the [00:05:51] stock market which yeah listen I [00:05:54] generally agree that that the coverage [00:05:55] of Epstein given the evidence that we [00:05:57] have far exceeds the claims made about [00:06:01] Epstein far exceed the evidence that we [00:06:02] have and thus the coverage of Epstein [00:06:04] far exceeds the the actual evidentiary [00:06:08] claims [00:06:09] with that said I'm not sure the attorney [00:06:12] general's job is to go out there and be [00:06:14] like why are you even covering this it's [00:06:15] the Dow Jones is doing great this was [00:06:18] not great here not great at all [00:06:21] The Dow right now is over The Dow is [00:06:25] over $50,000. I don't know why you're [00:06:27] laughing. You're a great stock trader as [00:06:29] I hear Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 [00:06:34] right now. The S&P at almost $7,000 [00:06:38] and the NASDAQ smashing records. [00:06:41] Americans 401ks and retirement savings [00:06:45] are booming. That's what we should be [00:06:48] talking about. We should be talking [00:06:50] about making Americans safe. We should [00:06:53] be talking about what does a DAO have to [00:06:55] do with anything? That's what they just [00:06:56] asked. Are you kidding? [00:07:00] I mean, it's kind of a good question. I [00:07:03] mean, she was being asked question. I [00:07:04] mean, what? That's not a crazy question. [00:07:06] What does the Dow have to do with [00:07:07] anything? I mean, it has some I mean, [00:07:08] like with Epstein, not a ton, actually. [00:07:13] as as it turns out. Again, not not not a [00:07:16] good showing by the attorney general. [00:07:18] She went up against Thomas Massie. [00:07:20] Listen, I think Thomas Massie has been [00:07:21] grandstanding on this. I think that [00:07:22] Thomas Massie believes and has [00:07:24] propagated stories about the Epstein [00:07:27] evidence that that go well beyond what [00:07:29] the facts show at this point. [00:07:32] Still, I don't think she did a great job [00:07:33] handling him. She suggested that Massie [00:07:35] has Trump derangement syndrome, which [00:07:37] again, I don't think she's wrong. It's [00:07:38] just this is not particularly useful. [00:07:42] Within 40 minutes, you asked me a [00:07:44] question. Within 40 minutes, Wexner's [00:07:48] name was added back. [00:07:49] >> Within 40 minutes of me catching you [00:07:51] redhanded. [00:07:52] >> Red hand. There was one redaction out [00:07:56] of00 and we invited you in. We This guy [00:08:01] has Trump derangement syndrome. He needs [00:08:03] to get You're a failed politician. [00:08:05] I want you to watch the chairman. Please [00:08:07] restore his time. [00:08:11] >> Okay. So again, like I think that she's [00:08:14] actually right on this and I think that [00:08:15] Massie is wrong on this, but there's a [00:08:18] good way to do this and there's a bad [00:08:19] way to do this and she was not doing [00:08:20] this the the the good way. Jamie Raskin, [00:08:22] I think, is one of the most scurless [00:08:24] members of Congress. The congressman [00:08:26] from Maryland, he went after Pam Bondi, [00:08:28] but it turned into her just saying that [00:08:30] she was a a washed up loser. Like, who [00:08:33] are you winning over? Who's the audience [00:08:36] for this? The audience is the base. I [00:08:37] get it. The audience is President Trump. [00:08:39] I get it. But if again the thing that [00:08:41] the Trump administration is seeking [00:08:43] right now is a feeling of quiet, steady [00:08:47] success, which is the thing that you [00:08:48] need in a second term if you wish to [00:08:49] have a successor who wins a third. [00:08:53] This is not the stuff that's going to [00:08:54] get it done. [00:08:56] >> You can let her filibuster all day long, [00:08:57] but not on our watch. [00:08:59] >> Not on our time. No way. And I told you [00:09:02] about that, Attorney General, before you [00:09:04] started. [00:09:04] >> You don't tell me. [00:09:05] >> Oh, I did tell you because we saw what [00:09:07] you did in the Senate. [00:09:08] >> You're a lawyer. not even a lawyer, [00:09:11] >> right? Yeah. I think this this just goes [00:09:13] to my general point here, folks. Open [00:09:15] congressional hearings are the dumbest [00:09:17] thing in the world. They're truly [00:09:18] stupid. Nothing happens of any value [00:09:20] other than political gamesmanship, [00:09:22] opportunism, and all the rest. Well, [00:09:25] there was one headline that emerged from [00:09:28] all of this, aside from from the [00:09:30] attorney general's behavior, and that [00:09:31] was apparently there was a photo of a [00:09:33] black binder that Bondi had at the [00:09:34] hearing showing the words Gyipol Primila [00:09:38] search history with a list of documents [00:09:40] whose numbers coincided with the number [00:09:42] of Epstein files. [00:09:45] So, what it looks like right there, what [00:09:46] Jipal is accusing her of is having a [00:09:50] burn book that held a printed search [00:09:51] history of exactly what emails she [00:09:53] searched. [00:09:56] I mean, obviously not not a great look. [00:09:58] I'm not sure exactly why the DOJ should [00:10:02] be monitoring Congress people as they go [00:10:05] through the the Epstein files or the [00:10:07] documents. That doesn't seem like a a [00:10:09] smart thing to do. [00:10:11] The DOJ did not immediately respond to [00:10:13] CNBC when asked if Bondie had a print [00:10:14] out of the congresswoman's search [00:10:16] history, why she had it, or if the DOJ [00:10:17] kept track of searches by other members [00:10:19] of Congress. But again, this is another [00:10:21] area where the the alleged cover up or [00:10:24] the purported cover up or the dumb [00:10:25] behavior of members of the [00:10:27] administration is significantly worse [00:10:29] than the thing that they are supposedly [00:10:30] covering up. They've revealed 3.5 [00:10:33] million pages of documents into the [00:10:35] public view and they're still being [00:10:37] accused of coverups because again of the [00:10:39] the poor baery that is the PR roll out [00:10:42] and and that goes to the professionalism [00:10:44] of some of the people in charge of [00:10:46] particular agencies. Stop in the name of [00:10:49] love. Did you like this clip? 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