Pam Bondi Vows To Fight Human Traffickers In 2014 Campaign Ad | EUROtoday

One of Attorney General Pam Bondi’s previous marketing campaign movies is inflicting a stir.

In a just lately resurfaced advert from her 2014 bid to be reelected as Florida’s prime prosecutor, Bondi pledges to “fight to put human trafficking monsters where they belong, behind bars.”

Talking about her first time period because the Sunshine State’s AG, she says, “I knew we needed all hands on deck: businesses and hospitals to spot it, our great law enforcement to stop it and tougher penalties to punish it.”

The decade-old assertion appeared wealthy to critics of Bondi, who has been accused of failing to carry late financier and convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associates accountable for his or her participation in an alleged human trafficking conspiracy.

On Wednesday, Bondi butted heads with congressional leaders when requested concerning the investigations and associated doc disclosures throughout a confrontational listening to in entrance of the House Judiciary Committee.

The legal professional common appeared visibly agitated when Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) requested her, “How many of Epstein’s co-conspirators have you indicted? How many perpetrators are you even investigating?”

Bondi took her time to reply, prompting Nadler to repeat his query and earn a livid response in flip.

“I’m gonna answer the question the way I want to answer the question,” she mentioned whereas pointing her finger on the congressman and happening to inform him, “Your theatrics are ridiculous.”

She took the identical tone when Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) pressed Bondi to deal with Epstein survivors attending the listening to.

“I’m not going to get in the gutter for her theatrics,” she replied.

During the listening to, Bondi was noticed with what Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) known as a “burn book” — a binder full of data she used to attempt to undermine Democrats.