Attorney General Pam Bondi declined on Tuesday to answer a question about whether she’s had any discussions with President Trump about the legal justification for deploying National Guard troops from California and Texas to Portland, Oregon, and Chicago, despite the objections of Democratic governors.

“I am not going to discuss any internal conversations with the White House,” Bondi said when Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.), in response to a question from the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

That prompted a surprised response from Durbin.

“What’s the secret? Why do you want to keep this secret to the American people [who] don’t know the rationale behind the deployment of National Guard troops in my state,” Durbin said.

Bondi responded hotly by pointing out that Durbin “voted

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