Posted on 01/15/2025 1:45:54 PM PST by Words Matter
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#TXSEN @SenTedCruz remarks during @PamBondi's hearing
Full transcript:
Cruz: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. General Bondi, welcome. Thank you for your long career in public service, and thank you for your willingness to take on this incredibly important office. You know, I have to say, I don't know that there is a more important position in this new administration than the position to which you had been nominated, Attorney General of the United States. I thought the exchange just a moment ago with Senator Hirono was illustrative. She asked you how you would respond if the President asked you to target his political enemies. It's rather striking, because it's not a hypothetical. It has happened over the last four years. And I think perhaps the most tragic legacy of the Biden-Harris administration has been the politicization and the weaponization of the United States Department of Justice. And we don't need to ask hypothetically, because Joe Biden publicly mused and allowed the New York Times to report it, calling on Merrick Garland, "Why will he not prosecute Trump more quickly?" And Merrick Garland, sadly, he sat in that chair and promised to be apolitical, and he broke that promise almost the instant he walked into the Department of Justice. If you look on the west pediment of the Supreme Court of the United States, just above the entrance, there's a simple yet profound forward phrase, "Equal justice under law." We have seen, over the last four years, a Department of Justice that systematically targeted the political opponents of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, and that systematically protected his friends and allies. And it is tragic to see the loss of confidence in the American people in the Department of Justice and in the FBI. I would note, I don't think there's an institution in America who has lost more respect from the American people than the FBI has in the last four years. That is a grotesque violation of the obligation of the Department of Justice and the FBI. So I want to start with just a very simple question, if you are confirmed as Attorney General, will you pledge to fairly and faithfully uphold the law regardless of party?
Pam Bondi: So help me, God.
Cruz: Amen. Look, and I want to be clear for folks at home, I don't want a Republican Department of Justice. I don't want a Democrat Department of Justice. I want a Department of Justice that follows the damn law, and I think the American people do too. That shouldn't be too much to expect. Now, I'm grateful to President Trump for nominating you. I think on any objective level, you're clearly qualified for this position. You have been a prosecutor for decades. You have been the elected Attorney General of the State of Florida, the third largest state in America, for eight years. Let me ask you, in terms of your practice, how many criminal cases over the course of your career have you personally handled?
Pam Bondi: Handled 1000s.
Cruz: How many of those were before a jury?
Pam Bondi: Hundreds, I don't want to overstate, but hundreds. I was in a courtroom for many years. I tried four when I was an intern, jury trials. I think you had to try at least 20 in misdemeanor before you went to felony, then you were in court every day. And I was also lead trial attorney for many years, trying many cases. So...
Cruz: And how many of those cases would have been before a judge?
Pam Bondi: Oh, hundreds and hundreds as well. But hundreds before a jury, I would assume.
Cruz: And as attorney general of Florida, how many lawyers did you supervise, roughly?
Pam Bondi: Approximately 400, Senator.
Cruz: Now, I also want to clarify something. During the course of this hearing, several Democrat senators have referred to you as President Trump's quote, "personal lawyer." Now I don't believe that is an accurate characterization. As I understand it, you represented President Trump as a White House special adviser during his first impeachment trial. Is that correct?
Pam Bondi: Within Office of White House Counsel, yes, Senator.
Cruz: And is working within the White House Counsel's Office different than representing Donald J Trump individually as his personal lawyer?
Pam Bondi: Absolutely.
Cruz: How is it different?
Pam Bondi: You're working for the government, you're working for the Office of White House Counsel. You're not representing him in his personal capacity.
Cruz: And so you have not represented him in his business affairs, in his personal life or in any of the criminal trials he has faced?
Pam Bondi: No senator.
Cruz: And you know when it comes to weaponization, it's worth noting that in more than two centuries of our nation's history, no president had previously been indicted, no president had previously been prosecuted, until the Biden-Harris White House came along. And in the last four years, we've seen Donald Trump indicted and prosecuted not once, not twice, not three times, but four separate times
Pam Bondi: And two assassination attempts, Senator,
Cruz: I have to say, Javert from Les Mis would be chagrined at the efforts of Democrats to do anything possible to take him down. And I believe the real target in this was not President Trump, but it was the American people that these prosecutions were brought because partisan prosecutors were terrified that the American people would do exactly what they did in November of 2024 and vote to reelect Donald J Trump.
Nice to see some FAITH there.
Brilliant woman and her faith shines threw.
Trump has made some great picks.
HOORAY Bondi, HOORAY Ted.
I would suggest that the decay in Joe Biden is a symptom of the sickness of our U.S. Senate. From the infectious swamp of the Senate comes the money laundering, influence peddling, shenanigans played on the opposition, unethical behavior, bad character—all a demonic sickness that infects the nation. Term limits would be a start to quell the infection.
The whole exchange between Her and Ted Cruz was gold - two Americans that are disgusted by the trafficking in children allowed by the Biden Administration.
Pam Bondi: Pro RKBA, Pro-Life, Pro-America.
She will be a magnificent AG.
She will do well to leave our gun rights alone.
Ask George Zimmerman about her.
“She will do well to leave our gun rights alone.”
Has she said that she’s anti 2A?
Did any of the GOPs ask her about her handling of the Zimmerman case? Maybe today. I would be interested in some discussion about that.
Some of the adults are back in charge. How can anyone not see this is better?
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