'Don't yell at me!' Heated showdown as lawmaker shouts down Pam Bondi

Attorney General Pam Bondi's testimony Wednesday on Capitol Hill went off the rails as Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) grilled her about why she was not releasing the totality of the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case files — and she tried to cut him off as he pointed out her excuses were insufficient.

"I am looking forward to your detailed explanation for why you have withheld almost half of the documents, which is required by the bill," said Goldman, an attorney and former prosecutor by trade. "One thing I didn't see was the 'client list' that you said you had on your desk a year ago. I did, however, find a couple of important documents: an 86-page prosecution memo from the Southern District of New York, and a draft indictment from Florida against Jeffrey Epstein's co-conspirators. For reasons that I cannot understand, nor are permitted by the bill, they were still redacted, even for members of Congress."

"So, Miss Bondi, will you commit right here to immediately providing those two documents in unredacted form to members of Congress?" he asked. "Not a complicated question."

"Well, I guess it is for you, because you have a law degree, and those are privileged," shot back Bondi.

"They're not privileged, but we will discuss that later," said Goldman. "I also found an email that I have right here, from Jeffrey Epstein to Ghislaine Maxwell, that was unredacted. And it included notes of statements that Donald Trump made about his prior relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Now, there is no reason for this to be hidden from the American people. There is no privilege. There is no attorney-client privilege. And I see you're checking with your staff, and I can assure you, staff, this is not under attorney-client privilege because it was sent from Jeffrey Epstein to Ghislaine Maxwell. Will you commit to publicly providing the unredacted version of this so that the American people can understand the extent of Donald Trump's lies about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein?"

"You're about as good of a lawyer today as you were when you tried to impeach President Trump in 2016. Have you apologized for that?" said Bondi, before correcting herself and amending, "In 2019?"

"So will you, will you redact this?" said Goldman. "I'm asking you, will you redact this ... These are obviously improper redactions."

"Let me stop you a minute," said Bondi.

"I'm talking. I'm talking," shot back Goldman. "Quiet!"

"Don't yell at me!" said Bondi, causing the room to devolve into crosstalk and calls for order.

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