Former Attorney General Pam Bondi refused to answer questions Friday on President Donald Trump’s involvement in the release of the Jeffrey Epstein case files as she defended the Trump administration’s actions before House lawmakers scrutinizing a process that was delayed and included personal information of potential victims.

But Democratic lawmakers said that Bondi told them she would not speak about the president in the interview and, consulting with a lawyer from the Department of Justice, cited her ability to decline questions because she agreed to appear before the committee voluntarily.

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      In all fairness, contempt charges are meaningless since the DOJ won’t take up criminal charges from Congress at this moment.

      And Congress is too divided to pursue civil charges.

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        Congress is weak as shit, they aren’t pursuing charges beyond asking the doj to do so, and obvioulsy, the doj is the enemy.

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    …because she agreed to appear before the committee voluntarily.

    Whoop-Dee-f#%^*-ing-do. I’ll accept your invite to the poker table, but I won’t play a hand or ante up. F off.