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AG Bondi Combative In Senate Hearing

  By Mona Austin  In the annual oversight hearing for the Justice Department, Senators on the Judiciary Committee grilled Attorney General Pam Bondi for over 4 hours.  In one  of several heated exchanges Bondi questioned Ranking member Dick Durbin of Illinois pushing back on officials blocking federal law enforcement from coming to his state  to assist with lowering crime.  Durbin cited a July letter in which he asked the DOJ to explain why hundreds of FBI personnel were assigned to review Epstein files, and why Bondi later claimed there was no client list despite earlier statements suggesting otherwise. Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) also challenged Bondi on her refusal to release audio or video evidence related to other DOJ investigations, accusing her of stonewalling oversight efforts. South Carolina Senator Lindsay Graham had asked Bondi if she knew the number of immigrants in Chicago and whether it was designated as a Sanctuary City.  She did not give a ...