Republican Rep. Thomas Massie mentioned Sunday that he didn’t approve of how Lawyer Common Pam Bondi conducted herself over the Division of Justice’s launch of information associated to intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein in a combative listening to earlier than the Home Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.
“I do not assume she did very properly,” Massie instructed ABC Information’ “This Week” co-anchor Martha Raddatz. “She got here with a guide filled with insults, one for every congressperson. She clearly had one for me.”
Requested by Raddatz if he had confidence in Bondi, Massie mentioned he did not assume Bondi had confidence in herself.
“She wasn’t assured sufficient to have interaction in something however name-calling in a listening to,” Massie mentioned. “So no, I don’t believe in her. She hasn’t obtained any form of accountability there on the DOJ.”
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., seems on ABC Information’ “This Week” on Feb. 15, 2026.
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Throughout Massie’s line of questioning in Wednesday’s listening to, Bondi mentioned the congressman had “Trump derangement syndrome,” an assault President Donald Trump sometimes wages in opposition to those that criticize him.
At one other level, Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal requested the group of Epstein victims sitting behind Bondi to lift their hand in the event that they haven’t been capable of meet with Bondi’s Justice Division. All the survivors current raised their hand. Bondi didn’t flip to have a look at these victims, even after Jayapal requested her to, calling it “theatrics.”
Massie known as Bondi’s resolution to not take a look at the survivors “chilly” and mentioned that he thought she was “afraid” to take action.
Wednesday’s listening to got here after the Justice Division launched over 3 million pages of information from the Epstein case. The discharge of the information has triggered a wave of criticism and resignations the world over. Within the U.S., a number of highly effective figures had been named — however not accused of wrongdoing — within the newest file launch.
Massie has accused the Justice Division of exposing sufferer identities in some instances whereas over-redacting highly effective males and doable co-conspirators to Epstein’s intercourse trafficking operation in others.
“[Bondi] admitted that 40 minutes after I identified to the DOJ that that they had over redacted among the paperwork, they did unredact these paperwork,” Massie mentioned. “It is clear that their work is just not performed right here but.”
Shortly after the discharge of the information, the Justice Division allowed members of Congress to go in-person to view variations of the information with fewer redactions. Massie mentioned he nonetheless was not glad.
“I do know the DOJ desires to say they’re performed with this doc manufacturing. The issue is that they’ve taken down paperwork earlier than we had been capable of go over to the DOJ and take a look at the unredacted variations,” Massie mentioned.
Massie, who principally votes with Trump, mentioned that he thought Merrick Garland, former President Joe Biden’s legal professional common, carried out higher when it comes to optics when he appeared earlier than the committee.
