CNN Host’s Gobsmacked Reaction To Pam Bondi’s Meltdown Says It All: ‘Just … Wow’ | EUROtoday

CNN host Erin Burnett solely wanted a number of phrases — and a few facial expressions — to sum up the secondhand embarrassment many skilled watching Attorney General Pam Bondi’s congressional crash-out.

On Wednesday, Bondi appeared earlier than the House Judiciary Committee for questioning over the Justice Department’s shady launch of the Jeffrey Epstein recordsdata — which incorporates its newest batch that exposes victims’ info and compromises their security.

Instead of taking any accountability for her division, Bondi opted to deflect within the type of a full-blown meltdown.

During Wednesday’s episode of “OutFront,” CNN reporter Paula Reid famous to Burnett that she’s lined these sorts of hearings for “over a decade” and has “never seen anything like that,” referring to Bondi’s habits.

“I mean … just incredible to watch all of that,” Burnett mentioned of Bondi, shaking her head in disbelief.

“As you said, 10 years of covering it, and just … wow,” Burnett continued, seemingly confused as she lowered her head. “Sometimes there just aren’t words for the things we’re seeing these days.”

Ahead of Burnett’s shocked remarks, “OutFront” aired a montage of key clips from Bondi’s listening to — which principally featured unhinged outbursts she hurled at Democratic lawmakers. At one level, Bondi lashed out at Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) by calling him a “washed-up, loser lawyer.”

She additionally snapped at Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) after he advised she lied beneath oath.

“Don’t you ever accuse me of a crime!” Bondi yelled in response.

During the listening to, Lieu requested Bondi if President Donald Trump had ever attended a celebration with Epstein “with underaged girls.” Bondi responded by calling the query “ridiculous” and that “there is no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime.”

Lieu took concern with Bondi’s allegation and cited a witness assertion by a person who mentioned he drove a limo for Trump and known as the FBI in 2020. He reported that he was instructed by a girl that Trump and Epstein had raped her. It is unclear whether or not the tip was ever adopted up on, however Lieu advised it by no means had been and demanded that the DOJ interview this witness “immediately.”