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LetMyPeopleVote

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Thu Feb 12, 2026, 11:24 AM Feb 12

White House 'less than thrilled' with Pam Bondi's handling of Epstein matter: CNN reporter [View all]

Bondi was playing to an audience of one person. I thought that Bondi was very unprofessional and went too far. It seems that trump may not be happy with the public backlash to Bond's antics

White House 'less than thrilled' with Pam Bondi's handling of Epstein matter: CNN reporter

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John Dandridge (@jonthetherapist.bsky.social) 2026-02-12T15:29:35.678Z

https://www.rawstory.com/white-house-pam-bondi-epstein/

CNN's Kevin Liptak revealed the White House was unimpressed with Attorney General Pam Bondi's fiery performance before the House Judiciary Committee.

President Donald Trump's attorney general lashed out at Democrats, hurling insults and highlighting various crimes back in their home districts that she pulled from a tabbed binder, and refused to answer questions about the Jeffrey Epstein case, but CNN's senior White House correspondent revealed what he's hearing about her from insiders.

"It was almost a Trumpian appearance from the attorney general," Liptak told "CNN News Central," "and I think that particular aspect of it will probably have gone over fairly well. But, listen, the White House has made no secret that it is less than thrilled at how the attorney general has handled the Epstein matter. You know, Susie Wiles, the chief of staff, who is ostensibly one of Pam Bondi's friends, said that she had whiffed the entire thing, which I think sort of embodies how the West Wing has viewed this generally, and so when she went out into that hearing room to engage in this really sort of bitter theatrical appearance, I think it did reflect an attorney general very much under fire for how she's handling all of this."

"You know, she came armed with these personalized insults for anyone who asked about anything she didn't want to talk about, which was virtually anything having to do with Jeffrey Epstein," Liptak added. "She really shrugged off questions from Democrats about why none of Epstein's co-conspirators had been indicted. She blamed that on the Biden administration. She refused to apologize to Epstein's victims, who were sitting in the very room where she was, for how some of these files had been redacted or not redacted, as the case may be showing to the general public some of the victims names and faces. That was the line of questioning from [Rep.] Thomas Massie (R-KY), who was kind of the only Republican in the room to ask her about any of this."

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Uh oh Pamela Jo underpants Feb 12 #1
Wiles quote from a recent Atlantic profile GusBob Feb 12 #2
She did what they wanted, but in such a way as to be open to ridicule Prairie Gates Feb 12 #8
She did what they wanted C_U_L8R Feb 12 #3
They're not mad about the backlash. GoCubsGo Feb 12 #4
Hey Two Scoops? Moostache Feb 12 #5
Suzie Wiles wasn't the audience of one Spite Spice was talking to... Hugin Feb 12 #6
Yup, and based on Pervert Hoover's latest Truth Sinkhole screed, GoCubsGo Feb 12 #10
Trump hates Bondi because she is an artifact of his weakness: he wanted Gaetz in the role Prairie Gates Feb 12 #7
Trump wanted Gaetz... Hugin Feb 12 #9
Hate to say, he'd have done a better job leftstreet Feb 12 #17
Behind the hubris it was obvious at several points... Hugin Feb 12 #18
Anyone else I'd have felt sorry for her leftstreet Feb 12 #21
Actually, i believe trump wanted bondi. mwmisses4289 Feb 12 #22
Interesting scenario... Hugin Feb 12 #23
She was every bit as combative and caustic as Trump is.. maybe he doesn't LeftinOH Feb 12 #11
That was an absolute shit show! Initech Feb 12 #12
FOIA!!! AverageOldGuy Feb 12 #13
Don't know if she could have done anything else leftieNanner Feb 12 #14
Here comes the bus, Pammy! Grokenstein Feb 12 #15
The White House may not be thrilled with her performance, but I'll bet Orange Julius Caesar got off on it. generalbetrayus Feb 12 #16
I don't even bother popsdenver Feb 12 #19
As I said yesterday in another thread Grim Chieftain Feb 12 #20
Bullshit. maxsolomon Feb 12 #24
Not buying that NT 617Blue Feb 12 #25
Whoosh, there she goes under the bus. SheltieLover Feb 12 #26
But, But, the Dow is over $50,000 dollars Coldwater Feb 12 #27
... SSJVegeta Feb 12 #28
Explosive Pam Bondi hearing 'could be her last' as she did what Trump hates most: analyst LetMyPeopleVote Feb 12 #29
Quite a description of Melania mr715 Feb 12 #32
White House 'less than thrilled' with Pam Bondi's handling of Epstein matter: CNN reporter Sad Citizen Feb 12 #30
Welcome to DU! 2naSalit Feb 13 #34
Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Feb 13 #36
welcome to DU gopiscrap Feb 13 #37
Bondi was channeling Trump, she answered the Epstein questions exactly how he would if forced to testify. sop Feb 12 #31
Not the White House. TRUMP. As he'd do to B.See Feb 12 #33
According to MaddowBlog, trump may have been happy with Bondi's appearance LetMyPeopleVote Feb 13 #35
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