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The Briefing with Jen Psaki

Trump spirals as shutdown calls for leadership skills he lacks, a problem endemic to his team

The Briefing with Jen Psaki

MS NOW, Jen Psaki

Politics, News, Versant Media, Ms Now, Versant

4.4974 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Jen Psaki points out Attorney General Pam Bondi's strenuous efforts to avoid having to answer for anything happening within the department she leads, which is a problem throughout the Trump administration and is particularly acute in Trump himself, who not only famously refuses to take responsibility for anything but seems to have no real idea what is going on with the things he's supposed to be in charge of.

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0:00.0

Lots to cover. There is no question that Attorney General Pam Bondi was given some very specific

0:07.1

marching orders when she testified on Capitol to Hill today. I mean, orders like, don't answer

0:12.8

many questions or any questions. Pass the buck to the FBI, which I would note she oversees.

0:18.7

That's under the Department of Justice. And when all else fails, launch personal attacks against the senator questioning you.

0:25.6

That seemed to be the strategy.

0:27.6

But whatever strategy was given to her by the Trump team, and they gave her some, didn't seem to really land well.

0:34.6

I mean, here was one exchange between Attorney General Bondi and Democratic

0:38.8

Senator Sheldon White House about Trump's relationship with child sex predator Jeffrey Epstein.

0:45.0

There's been public reporting that Jeffrey Epstein showed people photos of President Trump

0:50.7

with half-naked young women. Do you know if the FBI found those photographs in their

0:59.9

search of Jeffrey Epstein's safe or premises or otherwise? Have you seen any such thing?

1:07.2

You know, Senator White House, you sit here and make salacious remarks once again trying to slander President Trump, left and right.

1:15.7

When you're the one who was taking money from one of Epstein's closest confidence, I believe, I could be wrong, correct me.

1:23.2

The question is, did the FBI find those photographs that have been discussed publicly by a witness

1:32.4

who claimed Jeffrey Epstein showed them to him?

1:37.8

You don't know anything about that?

1:40.6

Okay.

1:42.7

I mean, it was a very specific question.

1:46.2

One, she should know the answer to.

1:48.6

So first she avoided answering a very specific question.

1:51.7

Then she tried to redirect by attacking Senator White House.

1:55.7

And did you notice that binder of notes that she kept consulting during that exchange, apparently they weren't just meant to help

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