“They Targeted Trump”: Democrat Panics When Pam Bondi Turns Tables on His Question [WATCH]

Incoming Attorney General Pam Bondi recently flipped the script on Congressional Democrats, who grilled her during her Senate confirmation.  As Bondi was pressed by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) about the Democratic concerns that the Department of Justice will be weaponized against President-elect Donald Trump’s political opponents, she turned the tables, claiming that is precisely what has been waged against the incoming president.

The line of questioning presented by Whitehouse clearly demonstrated that Democrats are concerned about how the incoming administration will wield power against its opponents. Whitehouse asked the incoming attorney general if she would maintain lists of political opposition and go after journalists, among other inquiries about how justice would be upheld over the next few years.

During Whitehouse’s questioning, he pressed Bondi on whether she had an enemies list.  The senator asked, “You were a courtroom prosecutor for a great many years as a courtroom prosecutor, did you ever have an enemies list?”  Bondi denied that she ever had such a thing.  Whitehouse continued asking if she would hire anyone who would maintain a list of opponents, to which she denied.

Sensing what the Rhode Island Democrat was getting at, Bondi said, “Senator, to cut to the chase. You’re clearly talking about Kash Patel. I don’t believe he has an enemies list. He made a quote on TV which I have not heard. I saw your sign, or Senator Durbin’s sign about cash, but I know that Kash Patel has had 60 jury trials as a public defender, as a prosecutor.”

Further defending Kash, the incoming FBI Director, Bondi continued, “He has great experience in the Intel Department, Department of Defense, I have known Kash, and I believe that Kash is the right person at this time for this job, you’ll have the ability to question Mr. Patel.”  Returning to the main point, she said, “There will never be an enemies list within the Department of Justice.”

Moreover, Whitehouse questioned Bondi on various other topics, including whether Bondi would prosecute journalists based on what they write.  “I believe in the freedom of speech only if anyone commits a crime. It’s pretty basic. Senator with anything with any victim, and this is this goes back to my entire career, for 18 years as a prosecutor and then eight years as Florida’s Attorney General, you find the facts of the case, you apply the law in good faith, and you treat everyone fairly,” Bondi maintained.

At one point, Whitehouse stated that it is inappropriate for a prosecutor to “start with a name and look for a crime” asserting they must “start with a crime and look for a name.”  However, Bondi turned the statement back around on the senator. “I think that is the whole problem with the weaponization that we have seen the last four years and what’s been happening to Donald Trump,” she told Whitehouse.

Watch the incident during the hearing below:

She continued, “They targeted Donald Trump. They went after him, actually, starting back in 2016 they targeted his campaign. They have launched countless investigations against him. That will not be the case if I am attorney general. I will not politicize that office. I will not target people simply because of their political affiliation. Justice will be administered even handedly throughout this country. Senator, we’ve got to bring this country back together. We’ve got to move forward, or we’re going to lose our country.”  Nonetheless, Whitehouse maintained his fear that weaponization could occur under Trump’s second term.

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