Government Oversight & Ethics

Attorney General Pam Bondi went toe-to-toe with lawmakers in a heated hearing on Wednesday as the country’s top lawyer appeared before the House Judiciary Committee for the first time since taking office.

Bondi fielded questions on issues ranging from pending investigations into adversaries of President Trump to immigration, but the most tense exchanges came amid questions about the Epstein files.

Attorney General Pam Bondi sparred with members of the House Judiciary Committee during a tense hearing Wednesday, as she sought to defend the Justice Department's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and push back on Democrats' accusations of so-called "weaponization" within the department. 

Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu of California accused Attorney General Pam Bondi of lying under oath about apparent evidence in the Epstein files released by the Justice Department that he says links President Trump to potential crimes.

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Democratic leaders in the House signaled Tuesday their openness to impeaching Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying in a fiery statement that the House should remove her from her role following a “DHS killing spree unleashed in Minnesota.”

Democrats who wanted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem were on the fringes. Then, the shootings in Minneapolis and Portland happened.

Congressman Ted Lieu, who represents Los Angeles on Capitol Hill, said Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign, saying that her comments calling the woman killed by a federal agent a “domestic terrorist” are “disgraceful.”

“She has repeatedly lied to the American people, and after the shooting of Renee Nicole Good, she called her a ‘domestic terrorist,'” the California Congressman posted on social media. “Disgraceful. Renee was a U.S. citizen, mother of three, and had just dropped off her son at school.”