During her appearance at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, an abrasive Attorney General Pam Bondi was called out by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) for responding with insults instead of answers.
Donald Trump’s appointee refused to answer multiple questions, either telling Whitehouse she couldn’t discuss it with him or flatly saying she would answer his questions followed by a personal attack.
When pressed repeatedly to explain what happened to the $50,000 in cash given to Trump’s border czar Tom Homan as part of an influence peddling investigation conducted by the FBI, Bondi kept blowing off the questions by saying the investigation was closed, before finally snapping at the Democratic senator.
“Did you know whether or not in that investigation they looked at whether the $50,000 payment to Mr. Homan was declared by him on his tax returns,” Whitehouse asked.
“Senator, I would be more concerned if I were you, when you talk about corruption and money, that you pushed for legislation that would subsidize your wife's company,” she replied.
“The questions here are actually pretty specific.” Whitehouse admonished her. “So having you respond with completely irrelevant, far-right internet talking pointsreally is not very helpful here.”