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Attorney General Pam Bondi faced intense questioning from lawmakers regarding her handling of the Epstein files, refusing to apologize to victims and instead attacking Democrats. The hearing highlighted the political significance of the Epstein scandal and Bondi's perceived alignment with Trump. Republicans offered muted support, while Democrats used the issue to criticize Trump and his appointees.
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- Attorney General Pam Bondi faced intense questioning from lawmakers regarding her handling of the Epstein files, refusing to apologize to victims and instead attacking Democrats. The hearing highlighted the political significance of the Epstein scandal and Bondi's perceived alignment with Trump. Republicans offered muted support, while Democrats used the issue to criticize Trump and his appointees.
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Becca Balint, Democrat of Vermont, questions Bondi.House Judiciary, via Associated PressBondi defends her actions in the Epstein case.House Judiciary, via Associated PressRep. Thomas Massie, Republican of Kentucky, asks who is at fault for releasing victims\u2019 identities.House Judiciary, via Associated PressRep. Jamie Raskin, Democrat of Maryland, delivers an opening statement.House Judiciary, via Associated PressBy Glenn ThrushReporting from WashingtonFeb. 11, 2026Updated 6:25 p.m. ETAttorney General Pam Bondi refused to apologize to survivors of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein who were seated in the House Judiciary Committee room on Wednesday \u2014 and instead demanded that Democrats apologize to President Trump.Ms. Bondi, imitating Mr. Trump\u2019s tactic of going on the attack when facing tough questions, offered few detailed answers, no admissions of fault but many expressions of fealty and admiration for a president who has exercised direct control over her department\u2019s actions.The bitter back-and-forth, during a four-hour hearing before lawmakers, demonstrated the extent to which the Epstein files, once relegated to the conspiratorial outskirts of American politics, have become a defining issue for Ms. Bondi. The topic at times overshadowed her role in subordinating her department into an extension of Mr. Trump\u2019s will and retribution agenda.While Ms. Bondi fielded questions on an array of controversies \u2014 including about the department\u2019s unsuccessful effort a day earlier to prosecute six Democrats lawmakers who posted a video that enraged Mr. Trump \u2014 the focus almost always snapped back to the Epstein scandal.Representative Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the panel, delivered a salvo of disgust in his opening statement. He started by criticizing Ms. Bondi\u2019s handling of the release of the investigative files involving Mr. Epstein.\u201cYou\u2019re siding with the perpetrators, and you\u2019re ignoring the victims,\u201d said Mr. Raskin, a Maryland Democrat. \u201cThat will be your legacy, unless you act quickly to change course. You\u2019re running a massive Epstein cover-up right out of the Department of Justice.\u201dMs. Bondi seemed unmoved. But she had a harder time evading the visuals in the hearing room, embodied by Epstein survivors who sat solemnly behind her in the gallery. She declined to apologize to them and only briefly cast eyes in their direction.A particularly uncomfortable moment came when Representative Pramila Jayapal, a Washington Democrat, made an emotional appeal for Ms. Bondi to tell the women she was sorry for the slapdash, sluggish release of the Epstein documents, which inadvertently included the disclosure of victims\u2019 names that were supposed to be redacted.ImageRepresentative Pramila Jayapal, a Washington Democrat, appearing on a screen behind Ms. Bondi during the hearing on Wednesday.Credit...Eric Lee for The New York TimesMs. Bondi appeared momentarily at a loss for words. Then something clicked, and she began to counterattack, her voice swelling to a near shout, accusing Ms. Jayapal of \u201ctheatrics\u201d and of dragging the hearing \u201cinto the gutter.\u201dShe fiercely defended her actions in the Epstein case from the start, and placed blame for missed opportunities in the investigation on her Biden-era predecessors.\u201cI\u2019m a career prosecutor,\u201d she said during her opening remarks, adding, \u201cI have spent my entire career fighting for victims, and will continue to do so.\u201dBut she did not linger long on defense. Ms. Bondi taunted several of the committee\u2019s Democrats, including Mr. Raskin and Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York, for spearheading Mr. Trump\u2019s impeachments.\u201cHave you apologized to President Trump?\u201d asked Ms. Bondi, who has been eager to ingratiate herself to a White House that has been less than impressed by some of her actions, particularly on the Epstein matter.\u201cYou sit here and you attack the president, and I am not going to have it,\u201d added Ms. Bondi, who then pointed to the state of the stock market, eliciting derisive laughter from Democrats.\u201cYou don\u2019t tell me anything, you washed-up, loser lawyer. You\u2019re not even a lawyer,\u201d she said in one exchange with Mr. Raskin, a Harvard-trained lawyer.The last time Ms. Bondi appeared before a congressional panel was in October, when she stonewalled Democrats for four hours and read from a list of scripted insults in response to their questioning of her conduct.But Democrats, led by Mr. Raskin, prepared to counter that stall-and-brawl strategy, much to Ms. Bondi\u2019s annoyance.\u201cWe saw your performance in the Senate, and we\u2019re not going to accept that,\u201d Mr. Raskin said.And he seemed to have an ally, at least procedurally, in the committee\u2019s Republican chairman, Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio, who gingerly but firmly directed the agitated witness not to shout at or interrupt her questioners.The Epstein case, once an obsessive focus of the right, has now become a powerful political weapon wielded by Democrats in attacking President Trump and his appointees in the Justice Department and the F.B.I.For Republicans, the never-ending Epstein fiasco has defined Ms. Bondi\u2019s tenure in much the same way that her willingness to execute Mr. Trump\u2019s commands has tarnished her in the eyes of Democrats.The atmosphere was different \u2014 and chillier \u2014 than the one during her testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee last fall, when Republicans rallied to Ms. Bondi\u2019s defense in the face of withering questioning from Democrats.Their defense of her on Wednesday was notably muted, and instead of engaging directly with Democrats, many sought to steer the discussion away from Mr. Epstein and onto safer ground: the department\u2019s efforts to combat street crime. Many of them simply ceded time reserved for questions to Ms. Bondi, allowing her to extend her criticisms of Democratic questioners.One Republican critic of the Trump administration joined Democrats on the attack. Representative Thomas Massie, Republican of Kentucky, has frequently criticized Ms. Bondi and her top deputy, Todd Blanche, over the handling of the files, accusing them of slow-walking or blocking the release of some material.On Wednesday, Mr. Massie and Ms. Bondi clashed over the Justice Department\u2019s inadvertent release of victims\u2019 identities and the redactions of a purported co-conspirator\u2019s identity.\u201cWho is responsible?\u201d asked Mr. Massie, who helped write the law requiring the department to release the Epstein files. \u201cWho in your organization made this massive failure?\u201dImageRepresentative Thomas Massie, Republican of Kentucky, clashed with Ms. Bondi over the Justice Department\u2019s inadvertent release of victim\u2019s identities.Credit...Eric Lee for The New York TimesMs. Bondi responded by accusing Mr. Massie of \u201cTrump derangement syndrome,\u201d and called him \u201ca failed politician.\u201dOversight hearings have always had elements of political theater. But the approach taken by Ms. Bondi and the F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, has been different from that taken by their predecessors. It has been characterized by a refusal to even cursorily address questions they might view as inconvenient, and by the use of prepared attacks against Democrats to change the subject and drown out criticism.That approach did not work as well on Wednesday, and Democrats appeared to be prepared to offer a few ambushes of their own.Representative Becca Balint, Democrat of Vermont, questioned Ms. Bondi intensely about the relationship between three senior Trump administration officials and Jeffrey Epstein.At one point, she asked Ms. Bondi if she planned to scrutinize Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, over his relationship with Mr. Epstein.Ms. Bondi icily replied that Mr. Lutnick had \u201caddressed those ties himself.\u201dWhen Ms. Balint mistakenly referred to Ms. Bondi as \u201csecretary,\u201d Ms. Bondi cut in to say, \u201cI am attorney general.\u201dWithout missing a beat, Ms. Balint shot back: \u201cMy apologies, I couldn\u2019t tell.\u201dThere was, at least, one unexpected moment of bipartisan comity.Representative Eric Swalwell, Democrat of California \u2014 a frequent Trump critic \u2014 appealed to Ms. Bondi to investigate people who had made threats against him and his family.\u201cI\u2019m just asking for your help to protect life, because life is at risk with the environment we\u2019re in right now,\u201d he said.\u201cThey are being looked into,\u201d Ms. Bondi replied. \u201cNone of you should be threatened, ever. None of your children should be threatened. None of your families should be threatened, and I will work with you.\u201dGlenn Thrush covers the Department of Justice for The Times and has also written about gun violence, civil rights and conditions in the country\u2019s jails and prisons.A version of this article appears in print on Feb. 12, 2026, Section A, Page 15 of the New York edition with the headline: Combative Bondi Grilled Over Epstein Documents. 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The Epstein FilesLatest ReleaseMaxwell Pleads FifthStarmer Under PressureMaxwell and the ClintonsPowerful Men in FilesReferences to TrumpAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTBondi Faces Anger From Lawmakers Over Handling of Epstein FilesHer appearance came as the department was under scrutiny over its handling of the Epstein files, its approach toward the shootings in Minneapolis and its move to prosecute six Democratic lawmakers.Listen to this article Β· 7:49 min Learn moreShare full articleβThe attorney general ββBondi declines to apologize to victims of Jeffrey Epstein in the hearing room.House Judiciary, via Associated PressRep. Becca Balint, Democrat of Vermont, questions Bondi.House Judiciary, via Associated PressBondi defends her actions in the Epstein case.House Judiciary, via Associated PressRep. Thomas Massie, Republican of Kentucky, asks who is at fault for releasing victimsβ identities.House Judiciary, via Associated PressRep. Jamie Raskin, Democrat o...
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Simplified: Raskin said he saw redacted pages where Epsteinβs lawyers quoted Trump saying Epstein was a guest at Mar-a-Lago.
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Simplified: Raskin said Bondi is siding with the perpetrators and ignoring the victims
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Simplified: Raskin said that will be Bondi's legacy unless she acts quickly to change course
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Simplified: Attorney General Pam Bondi refused to apologize to survivors of Jeffrey Epstein
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Simplified: Bondi offered few detailed answers
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Simplified: Bondi offered many expressions of fealty and admiration for a president who exercised direct control over her department's actions
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Simplified: The topic at times overshadowed Bondi's role in subordinating her department into an extension of Trump's will and retribution agenda
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Simplified: Bondi fielded questions about the department's unsuccessful effort a day earlier to prosecute six Democrats lawmakers who posted a video that enraged...
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Simplified: Representative Jamie Raskin delivered a salvo of disgust in his opening statement
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Simplified: Bondi had a harder time evading the visuals in the hearing room embodied by Epstein survivors who sat solemnly behind her in the gallery
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Simplified: Representative Pramila Jayapal made an emotional appeal for Bondi to tell the women she was sorry for the slapdash sluggish release of the Epstein doc...
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Simplified: Bondi began to counterattack accusing Jayapal of theatrics and dragging the hearing into the gutter
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Bondi placed blame for missed opportunities in the investigation on her Biden-era predecessors.0.500Simplified: Bondi placed blame for missed opportunities in the investigation on her Biden-era predecessors
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Simplified: Bondi said she is a career prosecutor
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Simplified: Bondi pointed to the state of the stock market eliciting derisive laughter from Democrats
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Simplified: Bondi appeared before a congressional panel in October
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Simplified: Bondi stonewalled Democrats for four hours
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Simplified: The Epstein case has become a powerful political weapon wielded by Democrats in attacking President Trump and his appointees in the Justice Department...
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Simplified: The atmosphere is expected to be chillier than Bondi's testimony last fall
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Simplified: Republicans sought to steer discussion away from Epstein and onto safer ground
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Simplified: One Republican critic of Trump administration joined Democrats on attack
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Simplified: Thomas Massie has frequently criticized Bondi and Todd Blanche over handling of files
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π€ The author π News Article π a1166417-b2f8-402f-988f-59fd4ec9459aSimplified: Massie asked Who is responsible
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π€ The author π News Article π a1166417-f608-4347-9cd4-06d23677bf35Simplified: Bondi responded by calling Massie a failed politician
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Simplified: Bondi and Kash Patel's approach has been different from their predecessors
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Simplified: Their approach has been characterized by refusing to address inconvenient questions and using prepared attacks against Democrats
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π€ The author π News Article π a1166417-06ef-4b05-b2ce-6f137370c693Simplified: Representative Becca Balint asked Bondi if she planned to investigate Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick about his relationship with the sex offender B...
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π€ The author π News Article π a1163840-0f82-4da5-bbba-be15146a6156Simplified: Lawmakers question Bondi
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Simplified: Ms Bondi replied none of you should be threatened ever
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Journalism , Legal , Social Issues π a1164458-0c03-483e-845d-41988bf28457Simplified: Glenn Thrush covers the Department of Justice for The Times and has also written about gun violence civil rights and conditions in the country's jails...