Bondi Repeatedly Dodges Questions, Attacks Democrats Instead

Laura Coates Live

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🗓️ 8 October 2025

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Attorney General Pam Bondi’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday showed the sharp divide between the left and the right on how justice in the US is being carried out. Democrats and Republicans repeatedly talked past one another throughout the hearing, pointing fingers across the aisle over who was to blame for weaponizing the Justice Department. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Tonight, dodge, deflect, and attack. Democrats tried to pry answers from Pam Bondi before James
0:10.1	Pomey's arraignment, but did she give them anything? Plus, Texas National Guard troops gather
0:16.8	right outside of Chicago, an illegal showdown is looming as Illinois fights to keep him out.
0:22.6	The state's attorney general is my guest.
0:25.6	Also, the AI videos of Robin Williams that have his daughter pleading just stop.
0:31.6	Tonight on Laura Coates Live.
0:40.5	So, Our Code's live. So if you wanted a case study in the art of the dodge, look no further than the Attorney
0:46.2	General Pam Bondi's testimony on Capitol Hill.
0:49.6	Today, she was questioned by senators for more than four hours on the eve of the arraignment of former FBI director James Comey.
0:57.0	And what she actually provided could have been an email.
1:01.2	She repeatedly avoided answering questions about his indictment and the turmoil inside the DOJ leading up to it.
1:09.4	Is it true that the career prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia found that there was
1:14.0	insufficient evidence to bring criminal charges against former director Comey?
1:18.6	I am not going to discuss pending cases.
1:22.1	I'd like to know from you what conversations you've had with President Trump about the indictment of James Comey.
1:34.3	Senator, Senator, I am not going to discuss any conversations I have or have not had with the President of the United States.
1:43.3	Did you see that? You're an attorney.
1:45.0	You have a law degree and you know that I'm not going to do that.
1:48.0	How does firing a 20-year national security prosecutor enhance public safety?
1:54.0	Senator Klobuchar, I'm not going to discuss personnel decisions.
1:59.0	Senator Amy Klobuchar gave Bondi some of the toughest questions about Comey and the most direct.
2:03.6	She'll join me in just a moment to discuss.
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