Jasmine Crockett lights up Pam Bondi over Epstein files: "I'm not saying the President is a pedophile, but..."
Washington DC - Democratic Texas Representative Jasmine Crockett slammed Attorney General Pam Bondi over her handling of the files on notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, accusing her of covering up his alleged ties to Donald Trump.
On Wednesday, Bondi testified before the House Judiciary Committee, where she faced heated questions from Democrats as Republicans attempted to deflect from the topic of Epstein.
Crockett, the final Democrat on the committee to speak, established at the beginning of her time that she would not be asking Bondi any questions, as the attorney general had spent the past few hours evading pressing questions from her colleagues.
The congresswoman was joined by several Epstein survivors in attendance as she accused Bondi of "protecting pedophiles and creeps," and noted that Trump is mentioned over 38,000 times in the files.
"I'm not saying that the president is a pedophile, but there is a lot of evidence in these files that suggests that he's very close friends with a lot of men who are pedophiles," Crockett declared.
She went on to accuse Bondi and the Trump administration of being implicit in a cover-up, and said she will be "remembered as one of the worst attorneys general in history."
Pam Bondi attempts to evade the subject of Jeffrey Epstein
Bondi's testimony comes after Trump ran on the promise of releasing the files during the 2024 presidential race but, upon taking office, declined to do so.
Both are now facing accusations of protecting possible co-conspirators of Epstein, including Trump, who was a close friend of his for at least a decade.
After Crockett wrapped up her time, the Republican who followed her allowed Bondi to respond.
The attorney general, as she had done to other Democrats throughout the hearing, claimed Crockett was obsessing over Epstein because she didn't want to address alleged crimes committed by undocumented immigrants in her own district.
Crockett responded by demanding Bondi "convict some of these perpetrators that raped these women sitting behind you, who you refused to acknowledge are even here."
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