{"id":2568879,"date":"2026-02-11T17:24:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T22:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-rip-bondi-over-handling-of-epstein-case-in-rowdy-house-hearing\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T17:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T22:25:15","slug":"democrats-rip-bondi-over-handling-of-epstein-case-in-rowdy-house-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-rip-bondi-over-handling-of-epstein-case-in-rowdy-house-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats rip Bondi over handling of Epstein case in rowdy House hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-rip-bondi-over-handling-of-epstein-case-in-rowdy-house-hearing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2568879&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Democrats pressed Attorney General Pam Bondi during a tense House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing over the Epstein case, accusing the DOJ of improper redactions, leaking or mishandling Epstein\u2019s files, and failing to pursue prosecutions. They argued that victims\u2019 privacy was violated and pointed to a lack of indictments for epstein co-conspirators,with Rep. Jerry Nadler calling out that Bondi fired the lead prosecutor and withheld leads. Lawmakers such as Rep. Jesus \u201cchuy\u201d Garcia and Rep. Pramila Jayapal delivered sharp criticisms, and Rep.Raskin conflated a trump-DOJ deal about tax information with the Epstein issue to question accountability.Bondi pushed back, dismissing critics with a jab about \u201cTrump derangement syndrome\u201d as the back-and-forth devolved into interruptions and long monologues. The five-hour hearing also touched on related topics, including other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-will-hear-boston-marathon-bomber-execution-case\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Will Hear Boston Marathon Bomber Execution Case\">high-profile cases<\/a> like the Minneapolis shootings and a seperate dispute involving tech companies and ICE monitoring, with Democrats repeatedly pressing Bondi on clarity and prosecution.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democrats rip Bondi over handling of Epstein case in rowdy House hearing<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2502373\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\">Democrats<\/a> took the opportunity in Attorney General <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pam-bondi\/\">Pam Bondi&rsquo;s<\/a> congressional hearing to attack her over a lack of prosecutions in the case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>Even by the standards of the contentious hearings that have characterized President Donald Trump&rsquo;s second term, Bondi&rsquo;s Wednesday hearing was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4454967\/pam-bondi-tense-house-judiciary-committe-hearing\/\">particularly hostile<\/a>. Democrats skewered the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-ag-barr-authorizes-federal-prosecutors-to-pursue-substantial-allegations-of-voting-irregularities-before-2020-election-is-certified\/\" title=\"BREAKING: AG Barr Authorizes Federal Prosecutors to Pursue &quot;Substantial Allegations&quot; of Voting Irregularities Before 2020 Election is Certified\">attorney general<\/a> on issues ranging from improper redactions to the Epstein files to a lack of prosecutions over them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4454967\/pam-bondi-tense-house-judiciary-committee-hearing\/\">Bondi has tense exchanges with lawmakers in first House hearing since confirmation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4454931\/neal-dunn-retirement-rumors-precarious-house-gop-majority\/\">Neal Dunn retirement rumors lay bare how precarious Johnson majority really is<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4454393\/thomas-massie-fires-back-fox-news-laura-ingraham-loyalty-trump-kentucky\/\">Massie fires back at Fox News&#8217;s Ingraham over loyalty to Trump and Kentucky<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) contrasted a deal struck between Trump and the Justice Department over the improper release of his tax returns with the improper release of personal information of Epstein&rsquo;s victims.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If Donald Trump can get $10 billion theoretically from the Department of Justice, how much should these people get for a far worse violation of their privacy and a far greater danger established to them in their lives?&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The two then got into a back-and-forth, with Raskin objecting to Bondi bringing up a sex criminal in his own district. She derided him as having &ldquo;Trump derangement syndrome.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Raskin complained that Bondi was violating the rules, going &ldquo;off on a wild goose chase and &hellip; reading statistics, or you start talking about stuff going on in our district.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>At another point, Bondi dismissed Raskin as a &ldquo;washed-up&rdquo; former lawyer, then clarified he wasn&rsquo;t even a lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most extended attacks on Bondi came from Rep. Jesus &ldquo;Chuy&rdquo; Garcia (D-IL), who labeled her as &ldquo;one of the worst attorney generals&rdquo; in U.S. history and &ldquo;an instrument of Trump&rsquo;s&nbsp;lawless authoritarian agenda.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You weaponize the Department of Justice to target immigrants, working families, and anyone that Trump deems an enemy of the state, all to protect real, powerful criminals, including in your administration,&rdquo; Garcia told Bondi. &ldquo;My Democratic colleagues have focused on your cover-up of the&nbsp;Epstein files&nbsp;and your passion for protecting pedophiles and child traffickers. That alone is grounds for impeachment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Longtime Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) went after Bondi over her lack of prosecutions related to the Epstein case.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;How many of Epstein&rsquo;s co-conspirators has she indicted? The answer is zero,&rdquo; Nadler said. &ldquo;You have been the attorney general for a whole year, and your DOJ fired the lead prosecutor to this case, sat on evidence this entire time, and claimed falsely last July that there were no more leads.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>One of Bondi&rsquo;s first of many heated exchanges came when Rep.&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pramila-jayapal\/\">Pramila Jayapal<\/a>&nbsp;(D-WA) demanded an apology for her handling of the Epstein case.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Will you turn to them now and apologize for what your Department of Justice has put them through, with the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >absolutely unacceptable release<\/a> of the Epstein files and their information?&rdquo; Jayapal asked.<\/p>\n<p>When Bondi replied by accusing her of hypocrisy over a lack of similar questioning toward former Attorney General&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/merrick-garland\/\">Merrick Garland<\/a>, Jayapal interjected, trying to force an apology.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not going to get in the gutter over her theatrics,&rdquo; Bondi said, triggering a prolonged exchange with competing interruptions.<\/p>\n<p>Epstein was not the only case Democrats attacked Bondi over. The fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis also featured as a frequent target.<\/p>\n<p>Rep.&nbsp;Lucy McBath (D-GA)&nbsp;got personal, invoking her son&rsquo;s 2012 murder when pressing Bondi over the Minnesota shootings.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4454606\/pam-bondi-kristi-noem-sued-target-ice-monitoring\/\">BONDI AND NOEM SUED FOR &lsquo;STRONG-ARMING&rsquo; TECH COMPANIES TO TARGET ICE MONITORING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>McBath accused Trump officials of spreading &ldquo;sickening lies&rdquo; about Pretti and Good, including labeling Pretti an &ldquo;assassin&rdquo; and &ldquo;the definition of domestic terrorism.&rdquo; She asked Bondi if she would &ldquo;denounce the statements&rdquo; and protect their names. Bondi answered by assuring McBath that both cases are under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing lasted over five hours, with nearly every round of questioning from a Democrat reverting to a monologue from the questioner or a shouting match.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats rail at Bondi over Epstein in tense hearing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2568880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26042556306129.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[45543,3685,9006,73459,5894],"class_list":["post-2568879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-bondi","tag-democrats","tag-epstein","tag-house-hearing-2","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26042556306129.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2568879"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2568883,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568879\/revisions\/2568883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2568880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2568879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2568879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2568879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}