Pam Bondi and Senate Democrats spar amid Trump’s troop deployments
by Chris Stein in Washington from on (#70JTA)
US attorney general declined to talk about many of the administrations decisions and personally attacked senators
Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, sparred on Tuesday with Democratic senators who demanded answers on her involvement in Donald Trump's crackdown on political opponents, deployment of national guard troops to cities nationwide and handling of the Epstein files.
The clashes at an annual Senate judiciary committee hearing come after months of allegations from the Democrats that Trump has compromised the justice department's traditional independence and instead used it to bring charges for political reasons.
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