WTF?

 

In other words, pointless.

Bondi testifies

 Sort of.

That guy.  I have to wonder what his story is.  Maybe what the question is.

The hearing got testy almost from the start, with Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) telling Bondi: "We ask you politely but firmly, please do not waste one second of our precious time."

Raskin told Bondi to give Democrats direct answers to their questions and not try to evade or run out the clock.

"We saw your performance in the Senate, and we're not going to accept that. This isn't a game," he added, referencing a "burn book" Bondi allegedly used to dredge up opposition research against Democrats.

[...]

The hearing continued to deteriorate from there, with Bondi clashing with nearly every Democrat on the panel with growing hostility.

  Axios

Completely expected. She is a nasty piece of work. And Trump likes that about her. It's exactly the way he behaves.

Asked by Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) how many alleged Epstein co-conspirators the DOJ is pursuing, he and Bondi got into another heated back and forth, with Bondi declaring, "Oh, OK, here we go with these theatrics."

[...]

"Not on our time, no way," Raskin said. "And I told you about that, attorney general, before we started."

"You don't tell me anything, you washed-up, loser lawyer!" Bondi shouted back at Raskin. "You're not even a lawyer."

See what I mean?

Bondi even clashed with Republican Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), a libertarian-minded conservative who has led the charge to release the Epstein files.

Of course. Massie is detested by Trump world precisely because of his stance on the Epstein files.

Massie confronted Bondi over allegations that the DOJ has over-redacted key information in the Epstein files and withheld crucial documents from the public.

"This guy has Trump derangement syndrome, he needs to - you're a failed politician," Bondi responded.

[...]

As Bondi began to respond by referencing a slain Border Patrol agent, Balint shot back, "For goodness' sake, this is pathetic ... this is not a game, secretary."

"I'm attorney general," Bondi responded, with Balint quipping, "My apologies, I couldn't tell."

Ouch.

I'm guessing this is why they're laughing...

UPDATE 05:37 pm:

Not the first time she did this.  At least she did it with a looseleaf notebook.

Gym Jordan has the gavel.  She knows she can get away with it.

This clip fleshes out Balint's comment with her question and Bondi's nasty response.

God, Blondie is SUCH a twat.

UPDATE 02/15/2026:

Unbelievable

Hundreds of National Guard troops could be deployed in the Chicago region as soon as today after a federal judge declined to issue an immediate order blocking President Donald Trump’s moves to activate Guard members over the objections of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and scores of local officials.

The decision from U.S. District Judge April Perry, over strenuous objections from the Illinois attorney general’s office, came in a hearing hours after the state and the city of Chicago filed a lawsuit yesterday morning seeking to prevent the use of Guard forces from Illinois and Texas for what the White House claims is an effort to protect federal immigration personnel and facilities amid the Trump administration’s escalated deportation actions.

Attorneys for the federal government said during a brief court hearing yesterday afternoon that Texas National Guard units were in transit to Illinois and weren’t expected to “begin getting into position to perform federal protective missions until tomorrow at the earliest.” Illinois Guard members have been ordered to report today. The federal government is uncertain when it will be ready for its “federal protective mission,” Trump administration attorneys told Perry.

  Chicago Tribune Daywatch newsletter

Uncertain when it will be ready for its "protective mission"? I thought this was supposed to be an emergency action, and therefore legal.

Unfuckingbelievable. Was this judge afraid her house would be burnded down like the last one that crossed Trump?

She blusters through this with an attitude that you'd expect her to give a Democratic Senator.  She wants JB Pritzker "condemned" for not cooperating.  She says there's a 1000% increase in violent attacks against ICE officers.  Bullshit. Maybe from 1 attack to 3?  Countless illegal immigrants in 

Chicago.    

UPDATE 03:08 pm:

Neutral observers have noted that, at most, those actions led to a 2% increase in arrests in the District, which was already enjoying a significant drop in crime before the federal crackdown.

  Democracy Docket

Yes, she is an insufferable twat.  Like so many of Trump's administration.

“Eventually, you’re going to have to answer for your conduct in this,” [Dick Durbin (D -IL) said. “You won’t do it today, but one day you will.”

  Democracy Docket

She's betting she won't. And I wouldn't take that bet.

I don't know which came first, but that's the same thing she said to Dick Durbin about Chicago when he asked her a question she didn't want to answer.

UPDATE 10/08/2025: