Attorney General Pam Bondi faced harsh grilling on Capitol Hill Wednesday from Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), who demanded to know, among other things, why her Justice Department pulled down a report on the dangers of violent right-wing extremists — and the congresswoman grew visibly frustrated as Bondi sidestepped the question.
“I want to go back to what [President Donald Trump] said about [Minnesota Gov.] Tim Walz,” said Kamlager-Dove, referring to the president’s promotion of conspiracy theories that Walz had a hand in the assassination of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband. “Do you agree that President Trump undermined public trust in law enforcement by suggesting that Governor Walz was involved in the murders?”
“I am not familiar with that statement,” said Bondi.
“Well, that is a disappointing response,” said Kamlager-Dove. “And it is also why your office and Donald Trump have zero credibility, because I know and you know, it was a right-wing extremist who murdered the Hortmans. And you and the president are being dishonest with the American people. Last fall, after the horrific shooting of Charlie Kirk, President Trump was asked if there were extremists on both the left and the right, and his exact words were, ‘I’ll tell you something that’s going to get me in trouble, but I couldn’t care less. The radicals on the right oftentimes are radical because they don’t want to see crime. The radicals on the left are the problem, and they’re vicious and they’re horrible and they’re politically savvy.’ Do you agree with this statement?”
Bondi took a deep breath, but said nothing for several seconds.
“You’re taking too long, Madam Attorney General,” said Kamlager-Dove. “But you know the answer, because your own department has addressed the question. In 2024, the DOJ research arm issued a report on domestic terrorism, stating that the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violence extremists … and after the president made those comments, the DOJ took the report down. And I sent you a letter asking you a simple question: Why did the Justice Department remove the data that shows right-wing extremists have killed more innocent people than left-wing extremists?”
“Did you refer to immigration enforcement as domestic terrorism?” said Bondi.
“You should answer my question,” said Kamlager-Dove. “You’re on my time, but you won’t. And what I am asking you to do is put the report back, restore the data, stop scrubbing important data from your website. Stop taking down reports that you know the American people need to know about.”
“There are violent, dangerous people out here with real threats, and the dishonesty from your agency comes from the covering up of these threats that could hurt American people and put our lives at risk,” said Kamlager-Dove. “Do better.”
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