'Hypocrisy off the charts': Pam Bondi's new 'tough on crime' comment instantly backfires

Attorney General Pam Bondi was fiercely ridiculed Thursday for her statement condemning the alleged assault of a federal agent this week with a Subway sandwich.

“If you touch any law enforcement officer, we will come after you,” Bondi wrote Thursday in a social media post on X.

“I just learned that this defendant worked at the Department of Justice – no longer. Not only is he fired, he has been charged with a felony. This is an example of the deep state we have been up against for seven months as we work to refocus (the) DOJ. You will not work in this administration while disrespecting our government and law enforcement.”

Critics were quick to point out, however, that the DOJ is currently employing a criminally indicted participant in the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol, Jared Wise, who was tapped by Trump to serve as an investigator with the DOJ.

“DOJ is employing Jared Wise, a Jan. 6 defendant who called cops ‘Nazis’ and urged the crowd to ‘kill em’ as they stormed the Capitol,” wrote senior Politico reporter Kyle Cheney in response to Bondi’s statement.

Tracey Gallagher, an attorney with more than 8,000 followers on X, also pointed to what she characterized as Bondi’s hypocrisy on the matter, and argued the alleged sandwich attack did not rise to the level of being a federal crime.

“You mean like the DOJ employing Jared Wise, a Jan. 6 defendant who called cops ‘Nazis’ and urged the crowd to ‘kill em’ as they stormed the Capitol?” Gallagher wrote in a social media post on X. “By the way, hitting someone with a sandwich under state or federal law is not a felony. You're missing the element of a deadly weapon or (great bodily injury); you have neither.”

Others, including the content creator known as Redd, who hosts the “Divisive Content” podcast and has nearly 10,000 followers on X, pointed to Bondi’s mishandling of files related to Jeffrey Epstein, the late and disgraced financier accused of sex trafficking and operating a blackmail operation targeting powerful figures.

“You are tracking down and arresting sandwich throwers but not the corrupt politicians and Epstein clients,” they wrote on X.

“Funny how they talk about ‘respecting law enforcement’ while their own commander-in-chief is convicted and still under investigation in connection to Jeffrey Epstein – but that’s apparently fine,” wrote X user “Sincere Doge,” a Floridian crypto enthusiast with more than 10,000 followers.

And others pointed to what they labeled as Bondi's "hypocrisy" in her posturing, despite having okayed a wave of pardons from President Donald Trump for those who stormed the U.S. Capitol in 2021.

"But you all pardoned 1,500 J6 Rioters who attacked and harmed many Capitol Police," wrote X user BK, a Californian with more than 6,500 followers. "Your hypocrisy and fake Christian beliefs are off the charts."