October 7, 2025: Attorney General Pam Bondi spars with the Senate Judiciary Committee | CNN Politics
October 7, 2025: Attorney General Pam Bondi spars with the Senate Judiciary Committee
By Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand, Jeremy Herb and Casey Gannon, CNN
Updated 2:37 PM EDT, Tue October 7, 2025
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi attends a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 7, 2025. REUTERS /Kent Nishimura Kent Nishimura / Reuters
What we covered here
⢠Attorney General Pam Bondi testified for a contentious 4 and a half hours before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.
⢠Bondi continuously deflected questions from Democrats on controversial issues, including the Jeffery Epstein files, prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey and legal rationale for using the national guard in US cities.
⢠The hearing comes one day before Comey is set to be arraigned in federal court. His recent indictment by a federal grand jury was an extraordinary escalation in President Donald Trumpâs effort to prosecute his political enemies.
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Takeaways from Bondiâs 4 and a half hour Senate hearing
From CNNâs Jeremy Herb, Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee today.Alex Wong/Getty Images
Democrats and Republicans repeatedly talked past one another throughout the hearing with Attorney General Pam Bondi, pointing fingers across the aisle over who was to blame for weaponizing the Justice Department.
Here are the key takeaways:
⢠Deflect and attack: Bondi fended off questions on the investigation into accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, National Guard deployments, and investigations into Trumpâs political enemies, using quick-one liners to deflect and personal attacks to push back against Democrats.
⢠Democrats press Bondi on Trumpâs influence: Democrats pointed to numerous examples they say show Bondi has failed to keep the Justice Department independent from the whims and wishes of the president.
⢠Republicans jump on news FBI reviewed senatorsâ phone records: Several Republican senators pointed to the release of documents the night before Tuesdayâs hearing that showed the phone records of eight Republican senators and a House lawmaker were obtained as part of the special counselâs investigation into Trump and 2020 election interference.
⢠Bondi and GOP defend going after Comey: Bondi and a former Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee defended the indictment of Comey during Tuesdayâs hearing, one day before heâs set to be arraigned on charges that he allegedly lied to Congress in 2020 testimony. Bondi said several times that the Alexandria, Virginia, grand jury that handed up the indictment was a âliberalâ one.
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