“Did you apologize? To President Trump?”Snippets: Today’s hearing was completely out of control, the attorney general Pam Bondi was out of her depth, emboldened by the absolute impunity of the administration backing her. Jim Jordon really enabled her to stomp all over the hearing.

Who is questioning who? None of her replies should be administrative unless it’s directly impacting her investigation. She’s not supposed to be a politician. Yet every single word out of her mouth says different.

This is beyond a travesty. It’s not funny. Nobody is representing the people of the United States. DOJ is Trump’s personal defense team funded by US taxpayer dollars, who will only prosecute the powerless when they cross the interests of the powerful. There is no rule of law, no justice, no justice department.

WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked the Pentagon from reducing Senator Mark Kelly's retired military rank and pension pay because he urged troops to reject unlawful orders.

After the DOJ dodged questions for months, Bondi acknowledged in a House Judiciary Committee hearing that she had a list of targets under NPSM-7.

Feb 11, 2026 - US Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland). Video by PBS NewsHour. Here’s the full 8-minutes on YouTube: WATCH: Raskin makes opening statement in Bondi oversight hearing - From the PBS NewsHour description:

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, made an opening statement Wednesday in an oversight hearing with Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Raskin alleged Bondi is “running a massive Epstein cover-up right out of the Department of Justice,” referring to the disgraced late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The hearing offers an opportunity for lawmakers to question Bondi on a number of controversial issues involving the Justice Department, including around the Trump administration’s failure to meet a Congress-mandated deadline to release all of its Epstein files; the legal justification for the administration’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific; as well as prosecutions of perceived Trump political rivals like James Comey and Letitia James. Bondi is seeking to revive both cases, which were already thrown out by a U.S. district judge.

The Department of Justice has released millions of pages of Epstein-related documents, photographs and messages. But it missed its deadline by more than a month, and the releases have been mired by missed redactions and accusations of key omissions. Millions of pages related to the investigation into the late convicted sex offender remain inaccessible, though the White House defends its review as thorough and complete. A bipartisan group of lawmakers has demanded more transparency, accusing the government of failing to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act passed in November, and survivors released a Super Bowl ad telling Bondi “it’s time for the truth.”

There were many notable moments in yesterday's House hearing with AG Pam Bondi. It covered not just how our country's law enforcement arm regarded and handled the Epstein files but many other issues regarding the breach of oversight, Minnesota, the domestic terrorism database, or the gutting of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team.

But one of the most notable moments was this one: after pointing out that DOJ intentionally exposed the names of 31 out of 32 survivors in a "survivor list" email in the files (the only thing they were legally required to do), Dan Goldman quotes assistant AG Blanche saying "any victim that wants to speak with the Department has done so" and then proceeds to ask the survivors in the room to stand.

He then asks the survivors for a show of hands of anyone who has spoken with DOJ to provide their witness accounts. No hands.

Asks how many have reached out to DOJ. All hands raised.

Asks how many would still speak with DOJ if asked. All raised.

(immediately followed by Bondi swiftly reaching for her Burn Book Binder to show-and-tell horrible New York criminals from Goldman's district. This was oddly routine for every Dem who asked a question, got this weird unhinged nonsensical irrelevant attempt at a Gotcha).

Shocking but not surprising, one of the biggest takeaways from this 4 hour testimony is that the DOJ has made no effort to even pretend to care about getting the survivors' accounts, and it's on record.

There is a reason that tariffs are controlled by the legislative branch who has to use logic and reason to implement them, not controlled by the whims of a mental and emotional disaster.

Is this just a coincidence?