Pam Bondi gets into fiery exchange over Epstein Files during Senate hearing

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

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Attorney General Pam Bondi got into a heated exchange with Democrats during Senate testimony, the White House suggested they would not pay back federal workers furloughed, and Diddy asks to serve time at a low-security prison

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1 | After fiery exchange over Epstein files, Pam Bondi is unable to answer basic questions about immigrants in Chicago

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2 | Furloughed federal workers aren't owed back pay from government shutdown, White House claims

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3 | ICE kept most offices open during the shutdown - but not the one that inspects facilities

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4 | Diddy wants to serve his time at same low-security prison that housed 'Pharma Bro'

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5 | Teen murder suspect seen in perp walk, hours after he allegedly decapitated his stepfather

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The Big Question 

Senate Republicans are falsely claiming that newly disclosed records show that the FBI "tapped" their phones during former special counsel Jack Smith's investigation into Donald Trump's efforts to subvert the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.

A single-page document, which was publicly released by Senate Judiciary Committee chair Chuck Grassley one day before Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared before the committee, only shows that an FBI agent performed "preliminary toll analysis" of nine senators' phone records. However, Republicans keep claiming more was going on and that it was a politically motivated task.

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