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Resurfaced 2014 Video Of Pam Bondi Comes Back To Haunt Her

One of Attorney General Pam Bondi’s old campaign videos is causing a stir.

In a recently resurfaced ad from her 2014 bid to be reelected as Florida’s top prosecutor, Bondi pledges to “fight to put human trafficking monsters where they belong, behind bars.”

Talking about her first term as the Sunshine State’s AG, she says, “I knew we needed all hands on deck: businesses and hospitals to spot it, our great law enforcement to stop it and tougher penalties to punish it.”

The decade-old statement seemed rich to critics of Bondi, who has been accused of failing to hold late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associates accountable for their participation in an alleged human trafficking conspiracy.

On Wednesday, Bondi butted heads with congressional leaders when asked about the investigations and related document disclosures during a confrontational hearing in front of the House Judiciary Committee.

One of Attorney General Pam Bondi's 2014 campaign ads is raising eyebrows after a tense testimony about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation which took place in Congress on Wednesday.
One of Attorney General Pam Bondi’s 2014 campaign ads is raising eyebrows after a tense testimony about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation which took place in Congress on Wednesday.

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The attorney general appeared visibly agitated when Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) asked her, “How many of Epstein’s co-conspirators have you indicted? How many perpetrators are you even investigating?”

Bondi took her time to answer, prompting Nadler to repeat his question and earn a furious response in turn.

“I’m gonna answer the question the way I want to answer the question,” she said while pointing her finger at the congressman and going on to tell him, “Your theatrics are ridiculous.”

She took the same tone when Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) pressed Bondi to address Epstein survivors attending the hearing.

“I’m not going to get in the gutter for her theatrics,” she replied.

During the hearing, Bondi was spotted with what Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) called a “burn book” — a binder full of information she used to try to undermine Democrats.