Pressed on Justice Dept. politicization, Bondi goes on attack

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Pam Bondi’s approach Tuesday to fielding hostile questions posed by Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee about the perceived political weaponization of the Justice Department was simple and brutal: don’t answer, just attack.

Bondi attempted to cast more than four hours of stonewalling senatorial queries about decisions on her watch as an aggrieved defense of President Donald Trump, herself and other administration appointees.

Bondi’s calculated bombast at the oversight hearing reflected an effort across the Trump administration to flip potentially damaging — or revealing — moments of public accountability into opportunities to savage political opponents.

Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the top Democrat on the committee, opened the questioning by asking