‘Low-Level BS’: Pam Bondi Shredded Over ‘Performative Outrage’ And ‘Fact-Free’ Senate Testimony
Attorney General Pam Bondi walked into Tuesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing not to cooperate—but to confront. What was meant to be a routine fact-finding session quickly spiraled into a chaotic display of hostility, deflection, and political theater. Legal analysts and former officials later described her conduct as “openly antagonistic” and “pure low-level BS.”
From the outset, Bondi seemed intent on obstruction rather than answers.
“She didn’t actually respond to anything,” former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Harry Litman told CNN. “She came in ready for combat—armed with canned soundbites and cheap shots. Whenever a real question came up, she just dodged with a smear instead.”
The most explosive moment came when Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) questioned her about a reported 2024 bribery scheme involving Border Czar Tom Homan, who allegedly received $50,000 in cash. Instead of addressing the claim, Bondi brushed it off: “Ask the FBI.”
Litman called her approach “a coordinated spectacle—bombastic, unresponsive, and contemptuous toward the committee.”
MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace noted that Bondi showed up carrying a massive binder filled with pre-written talking points and attacks aimed solely at Democrats. “It wasn’t a testimony binder,” Wallace said. “It looked more like an opposition research file from a campaign war room.”
At one point, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) posed a direct question. Instead of answering, Bondi flipped through her binder and read an unrelated statement from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche—ignoring the question entirely.
Wallace also raised concerns about the binder’s origins, suggesting possible violations of the Hatch Act, which bans partisan political activity by government employees. “If DOJ staff prepared that binder of attacks, that’s not just improper—it’s potentially illegal,” she said.
Former Sen. Claire McCaskill didn’t hold back: “It’s low-level BS.”
Rick Wilson, a former GOP strategist and Lincoln Project co-founder, blasted Bondi’s performance in a scathing essay, calling it “a piece of MAGA dinner theater designed for Trump’s base.”
“Her testimony wasn’t testimony—it was a performance,” Wilson wrote. “She stormed in, dialed everything up to eleven, and delivered a sneering display of martyrdom and mock outrage where truth went to die.”
Wilson said her real mission was simple: defend Donald Trump. But even that, he argued, failed—especially on the topic of Jeffrey Epstein.
“She had one job: to clean up Trump’s image on Epstein,” Wilson wrote. “She didn’t do it. She made the coverup smell even worse.”
In the end, Bondi’s hearing left more than frustration—it raised alarm. Her refusal to answer questions, reliance on partisan attacks, and potential ethics violations underscored a larger concern: the erosion of accountability within the nation’s justice system, and the growing spectacle of politics over truth.