Bondi challenges Durbin on Epstein logs, highlighting transparency issues in Senate hearing.
Attorney General Pam Bondi turned the tables on Senate Democrats during a heated Senate hearing Tuesday, countering their questions about Epstein documents by pointing out to Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) that he blocked the release of Jeffrey Epstein’s flight logs for years when he controlled the Senate Judiciary Committee under the Biden administration.
The confrontation began when Durbin questioned Bondi about her February claim that the Epstein client list was « sitting on my desk right now for review. » He pressed the attorney general on why she had produced « already public information and no client list at a major media event hosted at the White House. » Bondi fired back immediately, explaining the context that Durbin had conveniently omitted. « Senator Durbin, if you listen to my entire clip on that, I said I had not reviewed it yet, that it was sitting on my desk along with the JFK files, the Martin Luther King files », she said. « And I said I had not yet reviewed it. And if you see our memo on Epstein, you will see, excuse me, our memo on Epstein clearly points out that there was no client list. »
But Bondi wasn’t content to simply play defense. She went on the offensive, pointing out Durbin’s own highly questionable record on Epstein transparency. « Senator Durbin, I find it very interesting that you refused repeated Republican requests to release the Epstein flight logs in 2023 and 2024 », Bondi said. « You fought that. » She then asked an eyebrow-raising question about potential financial connections, asking whether Durbin had « [taken] money from Reid Hoffman, campaign donations, who was a huge Epstein friend.
