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Massie says Garland performed ‘much better’ than Bondi after fiery House hearing
The Hill ^ | 02/15/26 11:02 AM ET | by Elvia Limon -

Posted on 02/15/2026 12:38:40 PM PST by RandFan

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Sunday said former Attorney General Merrick Garland “performed better” than Attorney General Pam Bondi did during her testimony before a House panel examining the Justice Department and its handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

“I don’t think she did very well. She came with a book full of insults, one for each congressperson. She obviously had one for me,” Massie said on ABC News’s “This Week.”

“And, you know, I’ve been there when Merrick Garland was there. Obviously, politically, I don’t agree with him, but he performed much better in terms of at least not looking bad. And, unfortunately, we didn’t get the answers we wanted about the Epstein files,” he added.

Bondi went head-to-head with lawmakers in a fiery hearing on Wednesday as the country’s top lawyer appeared before the House Judiciary Committee for the first time since taking office.

She fielded questions on issues ranging from pending investigations into President Trump’s adversaries to immigration, but the most tense exchanges came over the Epstein files.

Bondi repeatedly pushed back on lawmakers during the hearing, asking why they didn’t demand answers about the Epstein investigation under prior administrations, mentioning Garland.

“I’m glad you’re asking about Merrick Garland,” Massie said during the Wednesday hearing.

“This is bigger than Watergate. This goes over four administrations. You don’t have to go back to Biden. Let’s go back to Obama. Let’s go back to George [W.] Bush. This cover-up spans decades, and you are responsible for this portion of it,” he added.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: assie; bondibashing; bondiwhining; masshole; themasshole; theshill; tommybuttfungus; zotrandfan

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1 posted on 02/15/2026 12:38:40 PM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

such an absurd comment, he is either really trying to insult her or he is a DULT!


2 posted on 02/15/2026 12:43:09 PM PST by big bad easter bunny
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To: big bad easter bunny

He’s nothing more than a contrarian.


3 posted on 02/15/2026 12:43:55 PM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: RandFan

Seriously? You’re still trying to make Masshole out as a decent person after all his stupidity, wrongdoing with name accusations, and collaboration with the dems?

There is something very wrong with you.


4 posted on 02/15/2026 12:44:58 PM PST by Lakeshark
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To: dfwgator

So he blames AG Bondi for all the previous Ag’s who did nothing.


5 posted on 02/15/2026 12:51:50 PM PST by shelterguy
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To: RandFan

Garland is a trained monkey. Of course he performed better.


6 posted on 02/15/2026 12:51:51 PM PST by Starstruck ( Living life, Binge watching re-runs of actual history.)
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To: RandFan

Massie never asked Garland about Epstein. That’s all you need to know about Massie.


7 posted on 02/15/2026 12:53:27 PM PST by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell)
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To: shelterguy

Which he of course didn’t question about this subject...

And he’s the darling of the Left-wing press, like the “Maverick” Republicans of the past the press uses to divide and conquer Republicans.


8 posted on 02/15/2026 12:55:12 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: RandFan

Massie’s act is to play the ‘oh so honorable’ politician, the only one who is truly honest.
He is out of control.
Do his constituents really like this character, or do they have no choice?


9 posted on 02/15/2026 12:55:37 PM PST by Ninaq (Nina)
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To: RandFan

“Performed”


10 posted on 02/15/2026 12:56:18 PM PST by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: RandFan

Garland sicced the FBI on parents who questioned LGBT curriculums in schools. To Massie that is better than Bondi?!


11 posted on 02/15/2026 12:56:22 PM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: RandFan

Its time a paid Dem operative like YOU pushing a
evil Dem traitor that Pam Bondi nailed as
having TDS gets zapped .

Peddling this Dem during the Midterm
needs to stopped NOW.

WE do not a PAID DEM like you DIVIDING US .

LEAVE this site.


12 posted on 02/15/2026 12:58:28 PM PST by ncalburt ( Gop DC Globalists are the evil )
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To: Lakeshark

LOL, ‘Masshole’


13 posted on 02/15/2026 1:05:42 PM PST by tlozo (“We get a lot of bullshit thrown at us by Putin, if you want to know the truth,” Trump)
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To: Lakeshark

LOL, ‘Masshole’


14 posted on 02/15/2026 1:05:42 PM PST by tlozo (“We get a lot of bullshit thrown at us by Putin, if you want to know the truth,” Trump)
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To: RandFan

15 posted on 02/15/2026 1:09:13 PM PST by StAnDeliver (Trump II)
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To: RandFan

Poor Massie. He’s so desperate, he’s willing to actively support the RAT Attorney General he helped put in office illegally, when he voted to accept Biden’s electors on January 6, 2021. With that vote, he’s responsible for bringing about the 4 years of lawfare and judicial corruption perpetrated by the usurper Biden’s DOJ.


16 posted on 02/15/2026 1:10:35 PM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: RandFan

They spied on my campaign
Two hoax impeachments
Wuhan Coup Flu stolen election
Targeted lawfare of Trump

All of that occured under Massie’s stewardship as a Congress Swamp critter.

Him having a higher opinion of the likes of Merrick Garland tracks as a seditious co conspirator enabler


17 posted on 02/15/2026 1:13:54 PM PST by delchiante
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To: dfwgator

It’s time we just ignored randfan and his posts. At best he is just a provocateur but more likely a rat troll. Massie is traitor and not worth a moments thought.


18 posted on 02/15/2026 1:18:39 PM PST by gibsonguy
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To: RandFan

Assie the dumbass


19 posted on 02/15/2026 1:18:58 PM PST by an amused spectator (principled conservatism is Lefty subterfuge)
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To: RandFan

Bondi may be a dunce, but Massie and Garland are enemies of the American people.


20 posted on 02/15/2026 1:19:46 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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