{"id":2136,"date":"2026-02-12T07:36:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T07:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmgiveawayfinder.com\/?p=2136"},"modified":"2026-02-12T07:36:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T07:36:48","slug":"pam-bondi-refuses-to-apologize-to-epstein-survivors-mother-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmgiveawayfinder.com\/?p=2136","title":{"rendered":"Pam Bondi Refuses to Apologize to Epstein Survivors \u2013 Mother Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill as Jeffrey Epstein survivors stand behind her, February 11, 2026.<\/span>Tom Brenner\/AP<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The House Judiciary Committee\u2019s<\/span> hearing on oversight of the Justice Department devolved into insults and chaos<\/a> on Wednesday. One telling example: whether Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Trump administration would apologize to survivors who were named, unredacted, in the department\u2019s Jeffrey Epstein investigation files.<\/p>\n

Among the documents released late last month, the Justice Department exposed the names of dozens<\/a> of survivors, including some who have not disclosed their identities publicly or were minors when they were abused by Epstein. Many survivors remain identifiable as a result of incomplete or missing redactions.<\/p>\n

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) asked<\/a> Bondi whether she would \u201cturn to them now and apologize for what your Department of Justice has put them through,\u201d asking the survivors attending the hearing in person to stand up.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy didn\u2019t she ask Merrick Garland this twice when he sat in my chair?\u201d Bondi said to Republican committee chair Rep. Jim Jordan as she and Jayapal talked over each other. \u201cI\u2019m not going to get in the gutter with her theatrics.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Jayapal asks Epstein survivors in hearing room to stand and raise hands if they still haven’t been able to meet with Bondi’s DOJ. Every single one of them doe. Jayapal then gives Bondi an opportunity to apologize. She responds by trying to attack Jayapal and Merrick Garland but doesn’t apologize.<\/p>\n

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Jayapal wasn\u2019t alone in bringing up how survivors have been hurt following years of abuse and inadequate investigation<\/a>\u2014and how they\u2019ve been denied a voice<\/a> in the department\u2019s handling of the investigation and release of the files.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) grilled Bondi along the same lines. \u201cHow many lives have been derailed because your department was either sloppy and incompetent or willfully trying to intimidate and punish these ladies coming forward?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour time is up,\u201d Bondi replied.<\/p>\n<\/article><\/div>\n


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