LIVE: AG PAM BONDI TESTIFIES ON EPSTEIN FILES AND MORE

A Democratic Congressman accused Attorney General Bondi of gutting the Public Integrity Section (PIN) of the DOJ's criminal division, reducing its staff from 35 to two, and eliminating the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team. He alleged this was to protect the President's cryptocurrency holdings.

The Congressman stated, 'When you first started as the attorney general... there were 35 people working in that office. There are now two people working that office because you have gutted it.' He later added, 'You eliminated the national cryptocurrency enforcement team last year... because her boss, the president of the United States, is making money hand over fist, $1.4 billion dollars over the course of the last year through cryptocurrency holdings.'

Attorney General Bondi confirmed the DOJ's commitment to using all legal tools to stop state and local attacks on domestic energy production, specifically targeting 'climate superfund laws' that impose retroactive liability on energy producers. She stated the DOJ has filed multiple lawsuits to carry out the President's directive.

A Congresswoman stated, 'Democratic controlled states and cities are enacting laws and pursuing coordinated lawsuits that would impose retroactive liability on energy producers for past global emissions...' Bondi affirmed, 'Congresswoman, we are committed to that and so is the entire administration. We filed four lawsuits. We are filing multiple lawsuits.'

Attorney General Bondi and Republican members highlighted significant reductions in crime rates, including a 20% drop in the nationwide murder rate, a 23% drop in robbery, and a 43% drop in carjacking, attributing these successes to the administration's policies and support for law enforcement.

Bondi stated, 'a drop 20% in the nationwide murder rate in 2025. Least murders in our country since 1900.' She also cited '100% increase in violent crime arrest in 2025 compared to 2024' and that 'violent crime is plummeting.'

Democratic members questioned Ghislaine Maxwell's transfer to a minimum-security 'Club Fed' prison, which she was allegedly ineligible for, and accused the DOJ of withholding and improperly redacting Epstein files, particularly those mentioning high-ranking Trump administration officials and the President himself.

A Congresswoman stated, 'Maxwell was transferred from a federal correctional institution in Florida to a minimum security camp in Texas, which she as a sex offender would normally be ineligible for.' Another Congressman noted, 'President Trump's name is all over them [Epstein files], but so are the names of other senior Trump officials.'

Attorney General Bondi and Republican members strongly criticized 'sanctuary policies' in states and cities, arguing they limit federal government's ability to enforce immigration law, prevent accurate estimates of criminal non-citizens, and lead to the release of dangerous individuals into communities, making them less safe.

Bondi affirmed that sanctuary policies 'limit the federal government's ability to accurately estimate how many criminal legals are in the country' and 'hurt the federal government's ability to carry out immigration laws.' She also stated, 'illegal aliens who have been arrested for committing some of the most heinous crimes, they have been released by sanctuary cities.'

Attorney General Bondi expressed support for legislation, the 'Khloe Cole Act,' which would create a private right of action for children and their parents whose bodies have been damaged by 'gender-affirming care,' following an HHS review that concluded such interventions cause more harm than good for minors.

A Congressman explained, 'President Trump signed an executive order directing HHS to review the clinical evidence and determine whether sex rejecting interventions caused more harm than good.' Bondi confirmed, 'It allows victims whose healthy body parts have been damaged to seek relief and obtain relief.'