Epstein UPDATE sends SHOCKWAVES through America | Another Day

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi. testifies on Capitol Hill over the. Epstein files. Ain't it great to see. folks come out of retirement to do what. they do best, like lie? This is just. another day. You know, it's always a sad moment at. work when one of your colleagues moves. on from their position, but luckily, the. good ones are always nice enough to pop. back in from time to time. >> Former Attorney General Pam Bondi's on. Capitol Hill to be interviewed by the. House Oversight Committee. Bondi's. expected to face questions about failing. to fulfill her promise to publicly.

release the DOJ's Epstein files. >> That's right, she's back. Pam Bondi, aka. the woman who never met an Epstein. co-conspirator whose name she didn't. want to redact, aka America's favorite. subject changer, >> The Dow is over 50,000. right now. >> was back on Capitol Hill today to answer. questions from the House Oversight. Committee. And, if I may just take a. second here, I'd like to give a special. shout-out to the chairman of that. committee, Mr. James Comer, who from the. very beginning has made his mission,

vis-a-vis the Epstein files, abundantly. clear. >> As chairman of the House Oversight. Committee, I've always believed that. sunshine is the best disinfectant. For. years, the American people have demanded. transparency about Jeffrey Epstein and. Ghislaine Maxwell's horrific crimes. We. are committed to accountability, transparency, and justice for the. American people and for the survivors of. these appalling crimes. >> All hail James Comer, because if I'm. being honest, the only saving grace in. all of this is that thanks to the. chairman's courageous leadership, Pam.

Bondi is going to face one hell of a. reckoning when the world finally sees. the footage from today's deposition. >> Now, notably, this closed-door hearing. is not being recorded on video. That is. a departure from how this committee. investigating the Epstein case has. handled some of their other interviews. >> Huh. Um, I guess sunshine wasn't the best. disinfectant on this particular stain on. our nation's justice system. Makes. sense. I mean, why would James Comer. want a visual record of the one person.

closest to the Epstein files when there. are so many more important things for. him to document for the American people? Like him in front of a river, or a. beach, or getting a haircut. You know, real important But today, even. before Bondi's testimony, Comer spoke to. reporters and was asked if he planned to. question the former AG over her legal. obligation to release all of the Epstein. files, which, I believe, if my memory. serves me correctly, she did not do. >> Well, that's what we're going to ask. about today and we asked about that in.

the briefing. And at the time, what the. If I remember correctly, what the. attorney general said, the former. attorney general, was that. they had turned over all the documents. that they can legally turn over. >> Huh. I think that's what some people. would call, and I hope I'm pronouncing. this legal term correctly, You know, I'm afraid Comer's. barber may have accidentally trimmed off. some of his spine because he doesn't. seem to have one left. And as proof of. that, here's exhibit B. >> Chairman Comer, what is your message.

right now to many of the Epstein. survivors who are here today? They were. here behind the attorney general, the. former attorney general, back in. February when she testified to the. committee. She wouldn't turn around. What is your message to them today about. accountability and transparency because. many of them say that the Justice. Department still has yet to meet them. >> Well, I I said this publicly many times. The government has failed the survivors. >> Yeah, I don't know how to break this to. you, Congressman Comer,

but you are the government. That's like. Lauren Boebert saying that she's. extremely disappointed in the actions of. her own hand. But eventually, Bondi's. testimony got underway, and while there. were no cameras in the room, the. Democratic members of the Oversight. Committee were gracious enough to. periodically pop out and give us an. update on how things were transpiring. >> When asked specifically about a. conversation with Donald Trump, one of. the Department of Justice attorneys. intervened and said that she did not. have to answer the question because it. was a voluntary interview.

And said in fact, quote, we don't even. have to assert privilege because of that. and said, quote, we refuse to provide. answers. >> Wow, that really flies in the face of. what this other woman said not that long. ago. >> No one in this country is above the law. >> Just wait until today's Pam Bondi meets. two months ago Pam Bondi. There's going. to be hell to pay. But before you go thinking that this. former attorney general completely. stonewalled members of Congress today,

she did in fact have some words of her. own. >> I also personally asked. the former AG five times and five. different questions about her. conversations with President Trump. whether he directed her. any at any given time on the Epstein. files. what he knew. what he asked her to redact or not, and. she refused to answer any questions. about President Trump. >> In fact, Pam Bondi said. I'm not too familiar with who this Mr.

Trump guy is. I mean, I know you keep. showing me all these photos of us. together, but I meet so many people who. partied with pedophiles, it's honestly. hard to keep track. Huh. So in her brief time off, Bondi's. clearly been taking some art classes, mainly the art of deflection. Was there. anything else of note from today's. testimony? >> What she's saying here in her words and. remarks is that it was Todd Blance, the. current acting AG, that was leading the.

Epstein investigation and quite frankly. all of the mistakes that we saw. the redactions, not protecting survivors. she continues to push that back onto the. acting AG, Todd Blance, who by the way. was Donald Trump's former personal. lawyer. >> Wow, Pam Bondi is really throwing Todd. Blanche under the bus. Just wait until. the president hears about what his. acting attorney general has done. He'll. probably give him a double promotion. >> I will say, "Thank you very much. I love. you, sir.". >> He knows, Todd. He knows.

Obviously, after today, a myriad of. questions remain. Questions like, did. Bondi coordinate with Trump to cover up. the files? Is Todd Blanche trying to. suppress more documents from being. released to protect his boss {slash}. former client? Did James Comer dispose. of a body minutes before this photo? I. think we all know the answers to these. questions. But there's another question that's. still lingering after today. >> Any sense of when we'll get the. transcript of this meeting? >> Your guess is as good as mine with this. >> I actually think that I can answer this. Republicans have stated that the release.

of the transcript from today's testimony. will follow the same model as is. standard for the Department of Justice, which means the transcript is already. sitting on James Comer's desk for. review. After that, Comer will gather. some influencers to look at the. transcript in binder form. Following. that, Congress will pass legislation. requiring the release of the transcript, after which the Oversight Committee will. release a portion of the testimony, but. with all of Bondi's testimony redacted. In the end, they'll release half of the. transcript, but claim that they released.

the whole thing. Honestly, if Republicans are to take. anything away from Pam Bondi's testimony. today, let it be this. In Donald Trump's. GOP, there is no floor when it comes to. debasing yourself. Yes, even after. you've sacrificed your reputation on the. job, once you've been fired, you're also. expected to sell your soul after the. job. So, buckle up, John Cornyn. There. is plenty more hawking of Trump merch in. your future. It would be bad enough if Pam Bondi was. on record as being the chief person who.

protected pedophiles when she was. attorney general, but now she's just. doing it what? For the love of the game? Pam, you don't have to worry. Your. legacy has already been cemented. When. it comes to running cover for. pedophiles, they are definitely retiring. your jersey. And what's so sad is that. there is a clear path to redemption here. for Pam Bondi if she wanted it. She. could easily apologize to the victims, give Congress every ounce of information. that she has on the Epstein files, and. then come clean about all of the times. that she coordinated with Donald Trump.

to provide him and his rich friends. cover. Honestly, after that, it's a. pretty straight shot to Dancing with the. Stars and scrounging for dollars on. Cameo. But we all know that's never. going to happen. Well, the. Cameo thing will probably happen, but. not the other stuff. And that's because. every Republican knows that if you even. dare side with the victims, if you have. the audacity to advocate for. transparency on the Epstein files, Donald Trump will come after you with. everything he's got. When will we see. justice? I'll tell you what I've not.

seen. I've not seen any arrests. from the revelations. in the Epstein files. >> Thomas Massie, there's something wrong. with him. >> I I think moving forward, we need a. special counsel. >> Today, Colorado Congresswoman Lauren. Boebert was the target of an apparent. pressure campaign by Trump to keep the. Epstein files secret. >> I believe the country deserves. transparency in these files. >> Marjorie. Traitor Brown, I call her.

Because green turns to brown under. stress. >> The man has a point, and when it comes. to colors, you got to trust the guy who. knows every shade of hand paint. Absolutely none of these people want. true justice for Epstein's victims. Because if they did, they could have. provided it ages ago. Instead, they've. all chosen to gaslight, not just the. American people, but those who suffered. most, all in the hopes that dear leader. will approve of their truly abhorrent. tactics. One can only hope that when. Democrats take back the majority, they.

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