Bondi Spars With Lawmakers on Epstein, Targeting Trump Foes

US Attorney General Pam Bondi during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington on Feb. 11. — US Attorney General Pam Bondi during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington on Feb. 11.
Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg

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By Jimmy Jenkins and Matt Shirley

February 11, 2026 at 3:58 PM UTC

Updated on

February 11, 2026 at 8:53 PM UTC

Democratic lawmakers accused Attorney General Pam Bondi of using the US Justice Department to target enemies of President Donald Trump and bungling the release of files on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein during a fiery hearing Wednesday.

“You’ve turned the people’s Department of Justice into Trump’s instrument of revenge,” said Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee in Washington. “Trump orders up prosecutions like pizza. And you deliver every time.”