Adam Schiff lists all the questions Bondi refuses to answer

[BeyondGeography]

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[chicoescuela]

1. He knows the Rs and 40% of Americans don't care.

[Initech]

9. The idiots that view the government as entertainment.

Like seriously how empty is your life that that's what you decide to choose as your form of entertainment? Go listen to some music, watch some movies, try some new foods, read, think, evolve. Don't watch or listen to Murdoch garbage! Rupert Murdoch is nobody's friend and he should be considered an enemy of the United States.

[Grokenstein]

16. The "Doesn't 'Fect ME!!" shtick is their jam.

Politics is just one aspect of their preferred entertainment, which is "other people's suffering"--whether it's in sports that involve mauling opponents, daytime dramas and reality shows about people destroying each others' lives, ultra-gory faux-snuff slasher movies, and so on.

But the instant they feel the heat themselves, look out--tsunami of tears incoming!

[COL Mustard]

38. Bondi is performing

For an audience of one. So is Noem; so is Hegseth.

[RT Atlanta]

2. So succint what Sen. Schiff did there

And the vileness and - imo completely unprofessional - nature of bondi's response is telling. It was clear she was performing (as in, performance art) for the proverbial 'audience of 1' in donnie shitshimself.

From the Florida Bar association's rules of professional responsibility (of which Ms. Bondi is a member of the bar) https://www.floridabar.org/prof/regulating-professionalism/professionalism-expectations-2/

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5. Decorum and Courtesy
When lawyers display reverence for the law, the judicial system, and the legal profession by acting with respect, decorum, and courtesy, including interactions in person and by video conferencing, they earn the trust of the public and help to preserve faith in the operation of a fair judicial system.

A highlight of a few of the 'expectations' that go with this rule:

A lawyer should abstain from rude, disruptive, and disrespectful behavior. The lawyer should encourage clients and support personnel to do the same.
A lawyer should be civil and courteous in all situations, both professional and personal, and avoid conduct that is degrading to the legal profession. (See R. Regulating Fla. Bar 3-4.3).
A lawyer must always behave in a courteous and formal manner in hearings, depositions, and trials and should refrain from seeking special consideration from a judge or juror.
A lawyer should inform clients and witnesses that approving and disapproving gestures, facial expressions, or audible comments are absolutely prohibited in legal proceedings.
A lawyer should attempt to resolve disagreements before requesting a court hearing or filing a motion to compel or for sanctions.

[malaise]

8. She failed

Big Time

[BigmanPigman]

21. As a former teacher, I give her an F-

[yellow dahlia]

24. Pam Bondi wouldn't know decorum if it sat down next to her.

[Justice matters.]

27. She should be disbarred based on that unethical behavior

and all the other covering up for the fascists she willfully performs.

[UpInArms]

3. Schiff is amazingly concise

I am finding an extra reserve of contempt for bondi

[AZJonnie]

4. WOOHOO! I love me some Adam Schiff

Not taking any bullshit, love it

[themaguffin]

5. I just caught the last minute with whoever that R senator from FL is, what a POS she is though.

[Champp]

6. Thank you Senator

The Republicans who lie to the American people and their elected reps are unfit for duty.

She's a disgrace.

[malaise]

7. He was excellent

Rec

[underpants]

10. Ooooversight?!?? God, that voice.

[Botany]

11. Bondi, "Do you have a law degree?" to Sen. Schiff.

B.A. Stanford honors. (Political Science)

J.D. Harvard honors

Wiki:
After law school, Schiff spent a year as a law clerk for Judge William Matthew Byrne Jr. of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.[16] From 1987 to 1993, he was an assistant United States attorney in the Office of the United States Attorney for the Central District of California.

[BeyondGeography]

12. Yeah, I didn't get that

Doesn’t everyone that level of government know Schiff has a law degree? Pure poo flinging and proof that he got under her skin IMO.

[Bluetus]

19. I assume she knows that. I have no idea what she expected to gain from that outburst

because Schiff's credentials are so far beyond hers. But in her defense, she might have been having visions of her own trial after Trump is gone and the statues of limitation have not yet expired on her crimes. At that moment, she might have had visions of being on the witness stand on her own defense with the prosecutor asking questions just like this.

All the Trump thugs think they are good forever because the MAGA party will never end. Maybe it will, maybe it won't. But history says we have big pendulum swings when one party gets way out of line. So all these criminals had better be asking themselves, if Turmp falls over dead tomorrow, how safe do they think they will be after that?

And yes, a good lawyer works hard to get the other side on the record under oath.

[Native]

13. and she got hers from Stetson, here in Florida. She's so fucking despicable.

[hannah]

15. Obnoxious

Vile, Disrespectful,Dishonest Disgusting

[rampartd]

26. schiff's question regarded blowing up the boats off venezuela

an act of war. a violation of "freedom of seas", and an unconstitutional declaration of war by the executive branch.

yea. how is that legal?

[progressoid]

28. The vapid, punitive right wingers will love her response.

Expect Greg Gutfeld to praise her.

[bmichaelh]

14. Stetson Law #99

Stetson Law is ranked 99 in the country by US News & World Report.

[malaise]

17. Shhhhhhh!

😀

[oberle]

18. Who would want to go to school named after a hat, anyway?

[BattleRow]

25. Stetson??She's all hat and no cattle for sure!

[MurrayDelph]

29. 99th (tie) out of 195

Puts Stetson at the 5oth percentile of law schools in the country.

As opposed to Schiff's education at a place called Harvard Law, this year tied for 6th,which puts it at the 97th percentile.

So ... samesies?

[Native]

36. not to mention he graduated cum laude...i'd love to find out her ranking!

[Native]

35. Harvard Law, depending on the publication, ranks either 1st or 2nd globally and 4th or 6th nationally

​Harvard Law School's ranking varies by publication, but the most recent U.S. News & World Report 2025 ranking places it at No. 6 (tied with Duke University School of Law) in the nation.
​In the 2024 U.S. News ranking, it was tied for No. 4.
​It ranks No. 2 globally in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025 for Law.
​It ranks No. 1 globally in the QS World University Rankings for Law and Legal Studies 2025.

[in2herbs]

20. The Ds each need to have a horn to blow when the Rs interrupt their questioning or

when the Rs refuse to answer a question and instead crap all over the D.

[Trueblue Texan]

22. Yes, he DOES have a law degree, Madam atty gen.

A law degree from Harvard, in fact. Why don't you do your homework? Oh, that's right. If you did, you would never have qualified for a position in TSF administration.

[pat_k]

23. If you avoid X, here's PBS's clip of the exchange on youtube

[BaronChocula]

32. Pam Bondi is a

nonstop nattering nincompoop who did herself no good having to be shushed by Schiff. His takedown was masterful.

[pat_k]

40. It was indeed!

[Dante Pignetti]

30. Schiff

[B.See]

31. Welcome to DU

[twodogsbarking]

33. Hola

[LetMyPeopleVote]

39. Welcome to DU

[JoseBalow]

42. He did a great job exposing her as the dumb partisan asshole that she is

Schiff always runs circles around drumpf and his dipshit minions!

[dalton99a]

34. Kick

[Clouds Passing]

37. "Are you a lawyer?" Bimbo should know the answer to her own question.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

41. MaddowBlog-AG Pam Bondi refused to answer key questions, and Adam Schiff kept the receipts

Over several hours, the attorney general was unprofessional and partisan, but most importantly, she was evasive, rejecting important lines of inquiry.

AG Pam Bondi was unprofessional and partisan, but most importantly, she was evasive, refusing to answer good questions she didn’t like.

Fortunately, Adam Schiff kept the receipts. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-10-08T13:48:39.368Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/ag-pam-bondi-refused-answer-key-questions-adam-schiff-kept-receipts-rcna236327

The U.S. attorney general has traditionally been known as “the people’s lawyer.” Attorney General Pam Bondi, however, has gone out of her way to position herself as Donald Trump’s lawyer......

But it was the same California senator who also used the opportunity to share some of the receipts he’d collected over the course of the proceedings. As The New Republic noted:

Democratic Senator Adam Schiff of California took Attorney General Pam Bondi to task Tuesday for her incessant deflections and evasions throughout a Senate judiciary hearing. Bondi had verbally attacked Democratic senators throughout the hearing rather than answer their questions. Schiff was, evidently, keeping track of questions Bondi left unanswered, and he ran through the lengthy (yet inexhaustive) list.

It was arguably the most memorable exchange of the frustrating hearing.

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-10-07T17:29:23.535Z

As Schiff documented, Bondi refused to respond to all kinds of legitimate lines of inquiry, including:

whether the attorney general consulted with career ethics lawyers before approving a $400 million gift from Qatar (a country she was a paid lobbyist for);

what role she played in asking that Trump’s name be flagged in the Jeffrey Epstein files;

whether White House border czar Tom Homan took the $50,000 from undercover FBI agents in the run-up to the 2024 election;

whether career prosecutors found insufficient evidence to charge former FBI Director James Comey;

whether Bondi discussed the Comey indictment with Trump;

how the administration concluded that military strikes against civilians in international waters are legal;

whether Bondi approved the firing of antitrust lawyers who disagreed with the Hewlett Packard merger;

whether she supported a fund for violent insurrectionists who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6;

whether the Justice Department had fired career professionals because they worked on Jan. 6 cases;
and whether DOJ employees should have to abide by court orders.

In effectively all of these instances, the attorney general could’ve offered substantive answers. She instead attacked senators for asking good questions she didn’t like.