Bondi Stonewalls on Epstein, Echoes Familiar Playbook
When Pam Bondi refused Democrats' questions during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, the NYT framed it as a 'combative' exchange. Bondi's silence on the Epstein files and a dropped investigation concerning border czar Tom Homan isn't mere combativeness; it's a political maneuver from a playbook as old as power itself. It’s the same tactic used when politicians evade questions on their
significant financial ties to lobbying groups, like the hundreds of thousands various members of Congress have received from AIPAC, then vote in lockstep for foreign aid packages. (Source: OpenSecrets.org) This isn't about 'refusing to take questions' so much as it is about refusing accountability. One might wonder if the mainstream press would describe a hostile foreign official's silence on
human rights abuses during a UN hearing with such careful neutrality. When is dodging questioning an act of defiance, and when is it an admission of guilt?