img

Pam Bondi SLAMS Adam Schiff during confirmation hearing: 'You were censured by Congress for comments just like this'

"You were censured by Congress, Senator, for comments just like this that are so reckless."

ADVERTISEMENT

"You were censured by Congress, Senator, for comments just like this that are so reckless."

Image
Hannah Nightingale Washington DC
ADVERTISEMENT

During the confirmation hearing of Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Attorney General, before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Bondi got into an exchange with Senator Adam Schiff over the prospect of Trump issuing blanket pardons on day one, with Bondi telling Schiff in response to a comment, "You were censured by Congress, Senator, for comments just like this that are so reckless."

Schiff asked Bondi, "It will also be important that you give good advice to the president. Are you prepared to advise the president not to pardon people who beat police officers?"

"Senator, as I said, the pardons are at the discretion of the president," Bondi replied. "We will look and we will advise. I will look at every case — let me finish—on a case-by-case basis and I abhor violence to police officers."

Schiff cut in, "good luck with that. So will it be your advice to the president, 'Mr. President, I know you said you want to issue hundreds of pardons on day one,' will it be your advice to the president, 'no Mr. President, I need to go over them on a case-by-case basis. Do not issue blanket pardons.' Will that be your advice to the president?"

Bondi said she hasn’t looked at the files, but if confirmed she would look at the files for the pardons and the cases. Schiff asked, "will you be able to review hundreds of cases on day one?"

Bondi began to speak, but Schiff cut in, "of course you won’t." Bondi replied she would have "plenty of staff. You said 'of course you won’t?'" 

"I’m not gonna mislead this body, nor you," Bondi continued. "You were censured by Congress, Senator, for comments just like this that are so reckless." In June 2023, then-House Rep Schiff was censured by the chamber over his spreading of the Russia collusion hoax.

Schiff asked Bondi whether she could "tell hard truths to the president," and whether she could tell Trump that he "lost the 20202 election. Bondi replied, "Senator, what i can tell you is I will never play politics. You're trying to engage me in a gotcha. I won't play politics with any ongoing investigation like you did leaking your colleague Devin Nunes’ memo."



Bondi also criticized Schiff for the state that California, the state Schiff represents, is in due to the uncontained wildfires. During a question over whether there was a "basis to investigate Liz Cheney," Bondi said, "We're all so worried about Liz Cheney, Senator. You know what we should be worried about? The crime rate in California right now is through the roof. Your robberies are 87 percent higher than the national average. That's what I want to be focused on, Senator, if I'm confirmed as attorney general."

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
Sign in to comment

Comments

Powered by The Post Millennial CMS™ Comments

Join and support independent free thinkers!

We’re independent and can’t be cancelled. The establishment media is increasingly dedicated to divisive cancel culture, corporate wokeism, and political correctness, all while covering up corruption from the corridors of power. The need for fact-based journalism and thoughtful analysis has never been greater. When you support The Post Millennial, you support freedom of the press at a time when it's under direct attack. Join the ranks of independent, free thinkers by supporting us today for as little as $1.

Support The Post Millennial

Remind me next month

To find out what personal data we collect and how we use it, please visit our Privacy Policy

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
By signing up you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy
ADVERTISEMENT
© 2025 The Post Millennial, Privacy Policy | Do Not Sell My Personal Information