During yesterday’s Epstein hearing, Pam Bondi gave the nation a master class in misleading debate tactics: whataboutism and tu quoque. When asked a hard-hitting question like “Will you take responsibility for breaking the law by sharing the names of Epstein victims?” she responded with “Well, what about Merrick Garland?!”:
Pam Bondi is asked directly why she personally shut down the child trafficking investigation into former Prince Andrew while being shown direct evidence of his crimes.
Her response: “But you didn’t ask Merrick Garland these questions when he was Attorney General.” pic.twitter.com/YbHf0SdOjb
— Enthéos (@EntheoSunshines) February 12, 2026
Just so we’re clear — responding to “Why didn’t you do your job?” with “Well, the guy before me didn’t either!” doesn’t even fly for line cooks. It definitely shouldn’t work for the United States Attorney General.
When asked why she was protecting a class of rapacious billionaires, she responded by praising the DOW and pulling a “no u” on Jamie Raskin’s trading finesse:
She also called Raskin a “washed-up loser lawyer.” Missed opportunity to tell her that she stole the words right out of his mouth. Thankfully Rep. Balint didn’t miss the chance to get a biting quip in. Take note of the “Did that just happen?” eye roll in the background:
Despite the dossier that should have prepared her to attack her questioner’s character instead of answering their questions:
as of now, pam bondi has spent more investigative powers within the doj to look into congresspersons asking about her role in the epstein coverup, than the billionare pedophiles themselves! https://t.co/dadtQsiOBI
— hasanabi (@hasanthehun) February 12, 2026
She, unsurprisingly, didn’t do enough of the reading:
Most of you missed this disgusting comment from Pam Bondi yesterday.
She made a comment accusing @RepBeccaB of antisemitism.
Congresswoman Balint lost her grandfather in a concentration camp during the holocaust.
Look at the smirk on Pam Bondi‘s face when she’s informed of… pic.twitter.com/pPPNIJsBZ8
— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) February 12, 2026
And as bad as it was for the American public to get a temper tantrum instead of answers on why America’s Chapter Black Tapes aren’t being investigated, it’s a double injury for the survivors who had to sit and see their trauma get used for political theater:
This is a picture that should be published everywhere: @PamBondi refusing to even look at the Epstein survivors in the eye as they say they’ve been ignored by the DOJ. Someone who made their pain a political point just months ago. Cowardly and Disgusting.
Roberto Schmidt/AFP pic.twitter.com/AkRV52SWQ8
— Matt Royer (@royermattw) February 11, 2026
If there is any silver lining to this, she was caught lying under oath and any person with a shred of moral decency would do the right thing and step down:
Lieu: Pam Bondi lied under oath. She said there was no evidence of wrongdoing in the Epstein files of Donald Trump. That’s just a lie. There are multiple documents that show wrongdoing of Donald Trump. I showed one. A witness had called into the FBI National Threat Operations… pic.twitter.com/hMSllfYjBD
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) February 11, 2026
Who am I kidding? She’s gonna keep covering for Trump until it’s decided that someone has to be found in the wreckage. We can take some solace in knowing that her days as the fall guy draw near.
Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who is learning to swim, is interested in critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected] and by tweet at @WritesForRent.